Beijing's major wholesale market to reopen after COVID-19 epidemic wanes

16:34, August 13, 2020

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  Market behind Beijing's June outbreak to reopen

  Zhou Xinchun, deputy head of southern Beijing's Fengtai district, attends a news conference, on Aug 13, 2020. [Photo by Du Juan/chinadaily.Xinfadi wholesale market, which suspended operations June 13 after being identified as the source of a cluster of COVID-19 infections in Beijing, will reopen to

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  Reopening of Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market

  Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening. (Photos: China News Service and Beijing Traffic Radio; compiled by Huang Yuzhang)Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening.Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening.Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening.Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening.Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens on Saturday after being suspended for more than 60 days due to the COVID-19. Trucks queue up outside the gate of the market, waiting for entry. The market ceased its retail business and is no longer open to individual consumers after its reopening.At 7:38 am on Saturday, trucks loaded with vegetables and fruits drove into the market through Danongmen, one of the gates of the market, marking the reopening of Xinfadi. ...

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  Beijing's Xinfadi wholesale market reopens as COVID-19 outbreak ebbs

  Beijings Xinfadi wholesale market. (Photo: chinanews.com)BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A fleet of trucks loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables heralded the reopening of Xinfadi, a large wholesale market of fruits, vegetables and meat, Saturday morning after its business was suspended due to a COVID-19 cluster related to the market about two months back.More than 1,000 trucks are expected to deliver some 13,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to the 112-hectare market on Saturday, helping recover about 60 percent of its normal transaction volumes for fruits and vegetables.Wang Jie, 36, a buyer who drove to the market with his colleagues, said he was required to register his personal and vehicle information online one day in advance. He added that prior to his entry, he had to undergo temperature screening and his identity was verified via a facial recognition machine at the gate."The market has changed so much that I can barely recognize it," said Wang, adding the place has undergone a massive makeover in the past two months, with new roads and renovations making its operation more organized."The market resumed business much quicker than we expected," said Wang."The local government took prompt actions and everyone was very cooperative, so this time I didnt panic much. Now the market looks much better," he added.Apart from advanced equipment and strict epidemic prevention measures, the market has also introduced a third-party testing institution to provide regular COVID-19 tests on different environments, goods, packaging materials and public facilities in the market.Meanwhile, trading in the underground and semi-underground zones of the market have been banned completely.The market will be fully operational by Sept. 10, according to Zhou Xinchun, executive deputy head of Fengtai District, where the market is located.The market will cease its retail business and close doors to individual consumers after the reopening, and all ...