In Shanghai, China, where strict restrictions on going out continued as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, store owners who could not operate protested to exempt the store rent and complained about the economic blow Is increasing.
In Shanghai, China, strict restrictions on going out lasted for more than two months, but were lifted on the 1st of this month, except in some areas, for controlling the infection.
It has become possible to open stores, but on the 13th, at the central location where stores such as wholesale clothing are gathered, business owners protested that their income was cut off during the time when they were restricted from going out. rice field.
Shanghai city officials have announced a rent exemption policy for businesses moving into state-owned enterprise buildings, but many of the businesses entering private buildings have not received such measures, and 100 people gathered. The above appealed to exempt their rent as well.
The woman who participated said in an indignant manner, "I didn't make any income while I was restricted from going out. Why are we trying to make the loss only for us?"
The protests were stopped by mobilized police officers, but local citizens are increasingly dissatisfied with the financial blow.