Chinanews.com, Beijing, July 22nd, title: After the epidemic, merchants in Chinatown, Argentina, are confident in the future
Chinanews reporter Wu Kan
In recent times, the epidemic prevention and control measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina have been gradually relaxed, and Buenos Aires Chinatown has also begun to "wake up". Although business activities are still facing difficulties, merchants are very concerned about Chinatown. Full of confidence in restoring past prosperity.
"Although Buenos Aires has opened some economic and social activities, the shops in Chinatown are still in a downturn." Wang Qingcang, chairman of the Chinatown Management Committee of Buenos Aires, Argentina, told reporters that the long-lasting epidemic has affected Buenos Aires. The business activities of Chinatown’s shops have had a huge impact. The economic downturn under the epidemic has caused people to tighten their wallets. In addition, the limited catering and the shortened business hours of shops have had an impact on the recovery of Chinatown.
Wang Qingcang told reporters that the current vacancy rate of Chinatown stores is not high, and everyone is working hard to support it. Although about 10 stores have closed, the stores were quickly rented out again. This shows that everyone is concerned about Chinatown after the epidemic. Confident in the recovery of the country.
Wang Qingcang said, “At present, most businesses have taken measures to reduce employees, which can cut expenses and avoid the chance of the employees who hired to spread the virus to the shopkeeper.”
The recovery of Chinatown does not happen overnight. How to survive and gradually rejuvenate is an important issue at the moment.
Chinatown Management Committee and Chinatown businesses are looking for a way out by strengthening epidemic prevention and control, changing business models, and increasing publicity activities.
Wang Qingcang introduced that the China City Management Committee has adopted a series of measures to help everyone tide over the difficulties. For capsules and other epidemic prevention materials, businesses are recommended to adopt measures such as disinfection and film isolation to strengthen epidemic prevention; third, set up a hotline to accept business members' help all day, and arrange for suspected cases to go to the overseas Chinese new crown virus detection point in the Opera Theatre in time Once the test is positive, immediately enter the hotel designated by the cloth city government for isolation, and the severely ill will be treated in a public hospital.
"If you want to revive Chinatown, you still have to make a breakthrough." Wang Qingcang said that under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, some businesses in Chinatown have also changed their business strategies and tried multiple modes of operation, especially Tianchuang wholesale company and several large companies. Chinese food supermarkets, which combine online sales and physical sales, have thriving business activities, and have a trend of rising against the trend, which has made up for some of the loss of turnover to varying degrees.
Wang Qingcang said that Chinatown before the epidemic was a business card of Burundi and a very popular tourist attraction. “I believe that through the joint efforts of everyone, the business activities of Chinatown will flourish and the previous prosperity will be restored.” (End)