China News Service, March 22. According to the US "World Journal" report, recently San Francisco's epidemic prevention and control policy has gradually relaxed, from the lifting of the mask order to the announcement by the Health Bureau that "entering restaurants, bars, gyms and other public places, no need to show any more. Proof of vaccination".

Faced with the loosening of a series of epidemic restrictions, the first thing people think of is the benefit for economic recovery and the convenience of residents' lives.

However, judging from the operation of small businesses in Chinatown in San Francisco, profits have only slightly improved, and no major improvement has been seen.

  Some businesses permanently closed down and moved out of Chinatown due to the operating situation of making ends meet.

Some businesses are insisting at a loss, not knowing where they will go and where they will go in the future.

There are also inspirational stories of turning the crisis into a turning point, turning the tide against the wind, and changing from a clerk to a boss.

  A newly opened darling tea restaurant in Chinatown, the opening ceremony recently attracted the attention of tourists and pedestrians.

The restaurant owner, Ms. Zhu, has worked as a restaurant waiter in Chinatown for more than ten years.

During the epidemic, she was saddened to see many restaurants closed due to the impact of the epidemic.

So she discussed with her family, and after winning the support of her husband who was doing renovation work, she sold the restaurant on Qi Lee Street in Chinatown.

  She said that because she has worked in the catering industry for more than ten years, she has feelings for the residents and customers here. She hopes that they can eat Hong Kong-style tea meals that suit their appetite whenever they want, so she resolutely opened this restaurant. .

She said that she is very confident in the future economic recovery of Chinatown.

She is willing to wait for the prosperity of Chinatown with the old customers she has accumulated before.

  A clerk of Chinatown Happiness Bakery said that although the epidemic restrictions have been loosened, with the impact of uncertain factors such as inflation, many consumers have tightened their wallets.

Because everyone is uneasy about life, do not know what will happen tomorrow?

Maybe the epidemic will come again, maybe the price will be higher, and everyone dare not consume.

So small business business is naturally difficult.

  She said that the current customer flow into the store is less than 1% of what it was before the epidemic.

To generate consumption in the original 1% of the guests, we can see how difficult it is to do business now.

She said that she is very confused right now, and she doesn't know what will happen next.

  There are also some restaurant owners and small business owners optimistic that San Francisco Chinatown will soon usher in a great economic boom.

Because they say: "The arrival of passenger cruise ships from Europe and around the world is about to dock at Fisherman's Wharf, the arrival of tour companies and the arrival of the student travel season, and the economic recovery of San Francisco's Chinatown. Chinatown small business owners will soon be busy. ." (Li Yi)