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The city of Shanghai, China has decided to loosen the bar that has been hanging for two months due to the corona virus.

People were able to move freely after only 65 days, and voices calling for a re-examination of this strong quarantine policy are growing even in China.



Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing delivered the news.



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Fireworks light up the night sky with a loud sound.



Shanghai citizens celebrated the lifting of the lockdown.



The iron fences installed in various places to prevent residents from entering were also removed.



This is because the Shanghai authorities decided to lift the lockdown from tomorrow (1st) as the number of corona19 infections decreased.



It was lifted for the first time in 65 days since March 28, which is comparable to the Wuhan outbreak two years ago, when the 76-day lockdown continued.



[Jung Ming/Deputy Mayor of Shanghai: From June 1, the city will enter the stage of full restoration of normal production and life order.]



Chinese authorities expect the economy to recover from the second half, but international credit rating agencies are predicting the economy this year. The growth rate has been set much lower than the target for China.



Unusually, even Premier Li Keqiang criticized the quarantine policy.



In a videoconference attended by 100,000 local officials, Premier Li said, "Economic development must be done to achieve good quarantine."



University street protests against the government's excessive control are also on the rise.



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Overthrow bureaucracy!]



However, it is unclear whether the Chinese authorities will be able to abandon this policy as he has cited the zero-corona policy as President Xi Jinping's greatest achievement.



(Video coverage: Choi Duk-hyun, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan, CG: Jo Soo-in, video source: Dowooin Twitter)