Two police officers are on duty at Zhongshan Road in Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Province, on May 1, 2020. May 1 marks International Labor Day. Under the novel coronavirus pandemic, this year’s holiday seems even more special. (Photos: Xinhua; compiled by Yang Shiqi)

Hu Guiying takes the temperature of a resident at the gate of Dongli Residential Community in Chaoyang District of Beijing, on May 1, 2020.

Zheng Feng, a staff member of the power supply company in Tongshan County, Xian’ning City, central China’s Hubei Province, visits 14-year-old Chen Peng on May 1, 2020.

Volunteers from Chongqing City, southeast China, disinfect the Hairong Anjuli Residential Community in Suifenhe City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on April 26, 2020.

Volunteers measure the temperature of residents at a checkpoint in a residential area of Suifenhe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on May 1, 2020.

Volunteers measure the temperature of residents at a checkpoint in a residential area of Suifenhe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on May 1, 2020.