China News Service, Beijing, May 26 (Wu Kan and Liu Likun) Recently, many European countries have relaxed their epidemic prevention measures and gradually returned to normal social life.

In an interview with reporters, a number of overseas Chinese in Europe said that the catering, retail, manufacturing and other Chinese businesses are showing signs of recovery. The overseas Chinese are fully promoting the resumption of work and production under the premise of preventing epidemics.

　　The "Ocean Buffet Restaurant" run by Zhou Jianhong, the president of the Qingtian Association of Barcelona, ​​Spain, has recently been booming.

He said: "The restaurant has more than 400 seats. In order to ensure social distance, when there are more than 100 customers in the store, no more people are allowed to enter. Other customers have to wait in line outside the door. In addition, the restaurant also stipulates that guests pick up their meals. Masks and gloves must be worn. These epidemic prevention measures have also been praised by the city government."

　　Zhou Jianhong said that all local Chinese restaurants and Chinese supermarkets have resumed normal operations. The government also encourages restaurants to open for outdoor dining. Chinese food businesses set up parasols and set tables on the terrace. In addition, the weather is warm and pleasant. Outdoor dining is very popular. Customers are welcome.

"As far as I know, the attendance rate of most Chinese restaurants is very good, and the turnover has recovered 60%-70%."

　　There are about 50,000 overseas Chinese in Prato, Italy. Most of them are engaged in the clothing and textile industry, operating more than 5,000 large and small Chinese clothing companies, and a small number of Chinese are engaged in catering, tourism and other industries in the "China Street".

With the relaxation of local epidemic prevention measures, all walks of life are promoting the resumption of work and production in an orderly manner.

　　"In order to ensure safe production, many clothing companies and factories have established strict epidemic prevention regulations." said Chen Zhou, executive vice president of the Prato Overseas Chinese Association. For example, customers and freight personnel who pick up goods at the factory must have a negative nucleic acid test. It proves that the work area is disinfected twice a day, and only one customer can enter a store with less than 40 square meters at a time, and both employees and customers must wear masks.

　　Chen Zhou told reporters that considering that there are still sporadic confirmed cases in the Chinese community, the Prato Anti-epidemic Committee and the local Red Cross have established a rapid detection point for the new crown from May 14 to specifically serve the Chinese.

"We recommend that overseas Chinese engaged in retail, catering, hairdressing, bars, supermarkets and other industries undergo nucleic acid testing at least once a week to detect and isolate those who have been diagnosed as soon as possible."

　　According to Wei Chaohe, chairman of the British China-Britain Federation of Industry and Commerce, the United Kingdom further "unblocked" on May 17, and now London's Chinatown has revived, Chinese restaurants and bars have revived, and the indoor and outdoor dining areas are full of seats, and some restaurants are lined up at the entrance There was a long queue.

　　Wei Chaohe said that many Chinese restaurants “practised behind closed doors” during the closure period to prepare for opening, such as redecorating and building private rooms, opening code scanning and online payment, and purchasing automatic cooking robots.

"After the opening, the Chinese restaurant owners also strictly abide by regulations such as no more than 6 people per table and regular disinfection of the dining area to make the dining environment safer."

　　"We started to prepare for the opening of dine-in two weeks in advance, recruiting workers, preparing materials, and making new menus..." Chen Hua, head of the British Chinese Fast Food Catering Company, told reporters that many new dishes were developed during the restaurant’s closing time. Welcomed by customers.

"However, Chinese restaurants generally face a shortage of staff. Many Chinese restaurant practitioners have switched jobs or returned to China. It is difficult to recruit people."

　　Compared with the rapid recovery of the Chinese catering and retail industries, it will take time for the Chinese tourism and hotel industry to recover.

French Chinese businessman Wu Qin runs a chain hotel business.

He said: "During the epidemic, our 15 hotels have been open for business, receiving police officers on duty, medical staff on duty, homeless people, etc. Some of our employees have been infected with the new crown pneumonia, but fortunately they have recovered now. ."

　　Wu Qin had great hopes for the unblocking of France.

"During the epidemic, our occupancy rate is less than 30%. Only with the help of the government can we support it until now. Now the catering industry is gradually opening up, which is good for attracting guests. I hope that the epidemic will continue to improve and the country will be further opened to enable the hotel industry to flourish. ."(Finish)