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Staff from Dalian Technological University Logistics Department said goodbye to students preparing to board the bus. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Jianfeng.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 25, by cableQuestion: Under the epidemic, various parts of China have introduced comforting policies to encourage the local Chinese New Year.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Mengyang Sun Renbin Chen Shangying
With more than half a month to go to the Spring Festival, Zhang Limei, an employee of a pharmaceutical company in Shenyang, Liaoning, and her colleagues posted the red “Fu” on the bedroom door in advance.
Zhang Limei and his colleagues’ places of origin are in Shandong and Shanxi, respectively. They decided to stay in Shenyang for the New Year in response to the government’s initiative.
“Since I can’t go home, I should dress the bedroom as soon as possible and celebrate the New Year at the company, but also have a New Year’s look,” said Zhang Limei.
Since the beginning of winter, the local epidemic situation in China has been sporadic and locally clustered, and the situation of prevention and control of the epidemic is serious and complex.
The upcoming Spring Festival of Transport is known as “the largest population migration of the year.” To reduce the risk of the epidemic spreading caused by the large-scale flow of large populations returning home for the New Year, Chinese governments at all levels have introduced intensive policies and measures to encourage people to stay in the I work during the new year.
Eleven departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, have recently issued opinions suggesting that companies and government departments in various places should lead the masses to celebrate the New Year there. Prior to this, the State Council also issued a notice to the comprehensive team of joint prevention and control mechanisms of the new corona pneumonia epidemic.
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival for the Chinese. “Going home to celebrate the New Year” is not only a recognized annual custom, but also a complex that cannot be erased in the hearts of the Chinese. It is very rare for the government to come forward and advocate “Chinese New Year on the spot.”
Many international students from Shenyang Medical College still stay in Shenyang during winter break to help local epidemic prevention and control work.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Jianfeng
The “New Years on the Spot” initiative has sparked a heated discussion among people, and most people understand it. “I still want to go home for the New Year in my heart. But in the context of this year’s special epidemic, the government also considers everyone’s health and safety,” Zhang Limei said.
Public understanding and cooperation not only comes from preventing the spread of the new corona virus, but also benefits from several poignant supportive policies issued by local governments and businesses.
The Emergency Headquarters for Epidemic Prevention and Control of Hefei City in Anhui Province issued an advisory encouraging various employers to adopt methods such as peak vacation periods and additional work assignments to guide employees to stay in Hefei.
In Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, in order to encourage migrants to stay there during the New Year, the government has introduced “large gift packages” such as rent reduction and exemption, health and medical services and discounts cultural and tourist. The government distributes free internet traffic to migrant workers to receive video New Year’s greetings, and some companies also purchase gifts for migrant workers to send to their places of origin.
Quanzhou, Fujian has introduced measures, non-Quanzhou workers 200 yuan per person for the New Year’s red envelopes; migrant workers who stay in Quanzhou during the Spring Festival and obtain a certificate of special ability will receive an allowance of 500 yuan per person.
Jiangsu Suzhou proposed that during the Spring Festival, more than 10 famous attractions, such as the Humble Administrator’s Garden, will be free for migrant workers. People can make reservations for free tickets via mobile phones. Suzhou Gardens will also conduct online and offline flower viewing. listening to music, blessings and other activities.
“I have to go back to my hometown in Shandong every year to celebrate the New Year. This year, the government asked me to stay for the New Year. At first I was hesitant, but the company promised that we can take a break and go home. on May 1 and 11, so let’s stay, “said Yang Mingguang, a corporate employee working at a new materials company.
“I and some workers decided to stay at the construction site for the New Year. On New Year’s Eve, I will give my family a video call to send blessings,” said Ye Shoulin, a foreigner at the civil construction site of the first phase of rail transit line 7 in Hefei, Anhui province.
The Shenyang Huafu Hotel staff promoted the ingredients of the “New Year’s Eve dinner” to the public via the Internet. Photo provided by interviewee
Although it is recommended that people stay at work and celebrate the New Year, governments at all levels have also made arrangements for those people who really need or want to go home for the New Year due to special reasons, including the requirement of a nucleic acid test before returning. to their places of origin and promoting “point-to-point operations”. “Special car (line), etc.”
With the continuous development of China’s socialist market economy, the free flow of labor and other factors of production has become the norm. According to incomplete statistics, there are around 280 million migrant workers in the country alone. It is a new “challenge” to allow large numbers of “foreigners” to stay at work during the new year.
“‘Retaining people for the New Year’ presents requirements on market supply, social security, safe production, transportation and logistics, etc. It requires city managers and employers to make comprehensive arrangements and plans,” Zhang Sining said , a researcher at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences.
Li Liufeng, general manager of the Shenyang Huafu Hotel, obviously saw the business opportunities that people provide “on the spot for the Chinese New Year.” “Due to the impact of the epidemic, office workers stay in Shenyang to celebrate the new year and cook the new New Year’s Eve Dinner at home. Our hotel specially prepares many New Year’s Eve dinners. Semi-finished ingredients should be very popular, especially among Young “.
