Life in China is now gradually returning to relative normality as the country emerges from lockdown.
Rates of new infections of COVID-19 continue to decline in China from data released by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government and the last temporary Coronavirus hospital has now closed in Hubei province as there are not enough new cases to justify keeping them open.
The abrupt return to apparent normality comes more than three months after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Popular tourist spots and major cities across China were packed with visitors as the country emerged from lockdown.
Images from the Huangshan mountain park in Anhui province on Saturday April 4 showed thousands of visitors, many wearing face masks, eager to experience the great outdoors after months of strict lockdown measures.
According to state media, Global Times, the visitor park, which has a daily capacity of 20,000 persons, proved so popular that at 7.48am authorise had to issue a notice that the park had reached capacity and could admit no more tourists.
After weeks of being deserted, the famous Bund waterfront in Shanghai was once again packed with shoppers and tourists, while in Beijing locals flocked to the city’s parks and open spaces.
Apple has reopened all of their 42 mainland China stores having previously shuttered them as the virus spread.
The consensus is that the worst has passed in China and after two months of widespread quarantine people are able to catch up with friends again.
The central province of Hubei where Wuhan is located was the epicentre of the virus and even their airports are starting to prepare to reopen. Beijing and Shanghai airports are beginning to get back towards regular domestic capacity. Air China is even operating a daily scheduled flight from Beijing to London Heathrow again.
Educational institutions are now allowed to resume classes this month in areas of “low risk of infection” including Tibet, Guizhou, Qinghai and Xinjiang.
The arrivals board for Beijing airport still shows large amounts of canceled international flights but some flights are operating to destinations including Seoul, Osaka, London and Dubai.
