China's current wave of the COVID-19 epidemic is nearing an end, with rural and remote areas getting through the Spring Festival holiday without spikes in infections and no new virus mutations detected, officials and experts said.
Travel demand in Zhejiang province recovered significantly during this year's Spring Festival, one of the longest vacations that people use for travel. The number of tourists during the holiday period surpassed that of 2019, the year before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a local tourism watchdog report.
Zhejiang province is organizing some 320 recruitment fairs online and offline in a number of other provinces in the coming days, according to its human resources authorities.
Jinhua's movie box office revenue reached nearly 45 million yuan ($6.63 million) during the 2023 Spring Festival holiday, data from box office tracker Maoyan showed.
The Jinhuanan and Yiwuxi railway stations ensured the smooth operation of 57 Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe freight trains during the Spring Festival holiday from Jan 21 to 27.
Zhejiang Trendy Kitchenware Co Ltd based in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province specializes in making coffeepots. It used to be an exporter of coffeepots but is now turning its focus to the Chinese market as domestic demand for high-end consumption rises.
Jinhua in East China's Zhejiang province saw its foreign trade in goods grow by 16.3 percent year-on-year to 683.87 billion yuan ($100.83 billion) in 2022, according to local customs.
The GDP of Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province grew by 2.5 percent year-on-year in 2022, indicating that the economy has made progress despite multiple headwinds, the local bureau of statistics announced on Jan 19.
