On March 23, in the Changzhou Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, workers were producing and assembling a "Fuxing" gear transmission system at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour in the production workshop of a Locomotive and Rolling Stock Research Institute Co., Ltd. On the same day, the 10,000th "Fuxing" gear transmission system was offline. Photo by Shi Kang / Bright Picture

[Restarting the epidemic prevention work with both hands]

After wearing a mask for two months, can I take it off now?

On March 20, the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Leading Group for Response to the Epidemic Situation held a meeting. All participants including the secretary of the provincial Party committee Lou Qinjian and the governor Wu Zhenglong have taken off their masks. However, this move does not call for and encourage everyone to remove masks without distinction. Leading cadres take the lead in removing masks when they are fully prepared or under conditions. Scientific assessment and consideration are behind it.

Provincial epidemic prevention and control continues to improve

As early as March 11, at the site of the construction ceremony of the Lishui Ecological Smart Future City in the Nanjing-Hangzhou Cooperation Experimental Zone, the secretary of the Nanjing Lishui District Party Committee Xue Fengguan had taken off his mask. "Xiashui is the earliest identified low-risk area in the province, and today it is outdoors, so the leaders on the stage took the lead in taking off masks." Xue Fengguan said.

On March 18, Lou Qinjian, secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, inspected and investigated in Lianyungang. All staff, including him, took off the masks, indoors or outdoors.

On March 19, the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held a press conference, and the relevant person in charge took off the mask when he was seated. In response, Bao Yunhai, a first-level investigator from the Propaganda Department of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, responded: "According to the relevant guidance of the National Health and Medical Commission, from today ’s press conference, the posters will no longer wear masks."

Wang Jianming, deputy dean of the School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University, believes that mask removal and non-abstraction depends on the specific situation, one is the epidemic situation, the other is what kind of place to go, and the third is what kind of people to contact. "When leading cadres are in a meeting, the people who enter the meeting room have been checked in advance. They are relatively healthy, so they can safely take off their masks."

Leading cadres took the lead in removing masks, and their primary support was a good situation in which the epidemic situation continued to improve. As of 24:00 on March 23, Jiangsu had newly added 3 confirmed cases of imported neocoronary pneumonia, and 5 cases of confirmed imported cases had been reported cumulatively. There were no new local cases for 34 consecutive days. Jiangsu Provincial Foreign Affairs Office issued a notice that since March 23, all the immigrants will be subjected to centralized medical observation for 14 days (home medical observation can be implemented if conditions permit).

Xia Yankai, the dean of the School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University, believes that Jiangsu's own regional infection risk is currently low, and input control is still strict, which can support not wearing a mask in a suitable place. "Actually, the leading cadres who took off their masks also maintained a safe social distance, so the risk was relatively low." Xia Yankai said, "but in crowded and closed places, and some elderly people with chronic diseases, their physical conditions are relatively low. Poor people should still pay attention to wearing masks. "

Passing positive signals of return to work and production

As the epidemic prevention and control situation in the province continues to improve, Jiangsu's leading cadres take the lead in removing masks, and also signal the province's active return to work and production.

On March 20, the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee Leadership Group on Epidemic Response held a meeting to make arrangements for the overall promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, emphasizing the need to promote the full acceleration and full activation of economic operations and minimize Achieve new and greater development in the impact of the epidemic. "You cannot do excessive prevention and control for any reason, you cannot use any means to hinder the normal flow of people and goods, nor can you simply follow the original standard of resumption when strict prevention and control was used." Lou Qinjian said.

The reporter learned from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province that before the impact of the epidemic, more than 40% of the tourism-star hotels in the province were closed and 45% were in a semi-closed state. Operating income has shrunk severely, and store rental, labor and inventory costs have affected the operation. Continuing pressure.

"Leading cadres took off their masks to conduct a survey and passed on the confidence to the tourism market. I think confidence is more important than gold." Wu Ping, deputy general manager of China National Tourism (Jiangsu) Company, told reporters that the company is also in accordance with the government's requirements for different Market and different sectors resumed in phases.

According to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of Jiangsu Province, as of March 18, 45,000 industrial enterprises above designated size in Jiangsu have resumed work, with a return of 99.7%. In the next step, Jiangsu will comprehensively promote the resumption of business in service industries such as commerce, tourism, and catering.

Taking Nanjing as an example, on March 21, Nanjing issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures (No. 17)", which stipulates public and operating theaters, swimming pools, entertainment, game entertainment, Internet cafes, chess and card rooms, etc. The site can be restored to open, and measures such as ventilation and disinfection, reasonable control of staff numbers, employee health monitoring, and internal management should be implemented simultaneously. It also clearly states that according to the National "Guidelines for Wearing Scientific Masks for the Public", masks may not be worn at home, outdoors, in a place with no personnel, and in a well-ventilated place.

Boost consumer confidence

As the epidemic situation in the province has been further controlled, Jiangsu's catering, tourism and other service industries have gradually recovered. However, the consumer market is still relatively deserted, and business in most service industries is dismal.

In order to boost consumer confidence, many leading cadres in Jiangsu took off their masks, walked into shopping malls and restaurants, and took the lead in eating and drinking and gave demonstrations to consumers.

On March 9, Zhang Jinghua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, came to the Confucius Temple Scenic Area and tasted duck blood fan soup and other snacks. "Business services such as commerce, tourism, catering, etc., are not only the support of economic growth, but also the embodiment of urban vitality." Zhang Jinghua said that it is necessary to guide the general public to gradually restore normal order and enjoy the good life of the city under the premise of good protection.

Coincidentally, Xu Huimin, secretary of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee, also took off his mask to “walk” to the mall and exit the restaurant. Wu Ou, a shop clerk of Yuanrong Plaza in Nantong, said that the restaurant was restored for the first day of the day. The party secretary and his party came to inspect without wearing masks, which greatly encouraged the restaurant merchants in the mall.

From March 15th, Nanjing will make a total of 318 million yuan of consumer vouchers for citizens and needy groups to co-ordinate funds to encourage consumers to go out of their homes, form realistic purchasing power, and promote a comprehensive recovery of the service industry.

Wang Jianming believes that people are now more cautious to go out and spend, but they don't have to be as nervous as when the outbreak just started. "The epidemic was serious in the early stage. Wearing a mask is an important way to effectively block the spread of the virus, but now we can no longer perform some excessive operations for a long time."

During the epidemic prevention and control, the concept of wearing a mask has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, but the mask should be worn, and the pick must be picked. As Wang Jianming said: "The measures to prevent and control the epidemic need to be changed in a timely manner according to the epidemic situation, not fixed."

(Reporter Zheng Jinming, correspondent Ji Qingzhao)