The top of the city made a speech in Shanghai, China, where strict restrictions on going out were lifted for more than two months as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, emphasizing that "we have won the defense battle in Shanghai" and the Communist Party's He appealed that he effectively suppressed the infection under the one-party rule system.
In China, party conventions are being held in various parts of the country ahead of the biennial Communist Party Congress, which will be held in the latter half of this year.
Of these, the party convention began on the 25th in Shanghai, where the strict restrictions on going out, which lasted for more than two months as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, were lifted on the 1st of this month.
Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping, the city's top secretary, Li Qiang, who made a speech at the party convention, said that he had consistently continued the "Zero Corona" policy to thoroughly control infections. Faced with an unprecedentedly severe infection situation, he made a painstaking effort to overcome the defense of Shanghai. "
He added, "I further understood that the central party's infection control policy was completely correct, and that China's distinctive socialism had an incomparable institutional advantage," he said, under the Communist Party's one-party rule. It appealed that it effectively suppressed the infection.
Meanwhile, Shanghai city officials announced on the 25th that the number of infected people on the 24th was zero, and revealed that the number of infected people was zero for the first time in about four months, excluding foreigners.
However, long-term restrictions on going out have put a heavy burden on citizens and have had a serious impact on the economy, and criticisms of the government that emphasize the results of infection control remain persistent.