East China’s Jiangsu province will make unremitting efforts to ensure that the residents will spend the spring festival holiday safe and sound, according to a press conference held on Monday.
During the Spring Festival, police in Jiangsu will strengthen targeted epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the daily management of communities and key sites with crowd gathering, and punish illegal acts such as drunk driving and overcrowding.
88 million people are expected to make holiday trips during the spring festival, which is the first one since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic early last year.
Real-name ticket purchase and examination are required for holiday travel while passengers will be asked to show their health code on their cell phones.
Hospitals will be required to be accessible round the clock during the spring festival.
486 medical institutions provide COVID-19 nucleic acid testing to facilitate people’s homebound journey though the government has asked migrant workers to stay in the cities where they are working during the upcoming Spring Festival and the government will launch an operation to guarantee workers' welfare and enterprises' production.
The provincial department of civil affairs has asked lower-level agencies to distribute 100 million yuan of subsidies among the needy people to ensure that 1.02 million disadvantaged people will be given 100 yuan each.
Cultural and theatrical shows will be staged online and offline while 315 scenic spots across the province will offer free admission.
34,000 tons of reserve pork will be supplied to the market during the spring festival holiday to meet the holiday demand.
Farm markets and supermarkets will be asked to maintain at least 8-hour operation per day.
