China has relaxed most anti-disease controls but travelers and visitors to public buildings still are checked for fever and must show a smartphone app that records whether they have been to areas with recent infections.
At the import expo, exhibitors and visitors were required to show proof they had a negative virus test within the past week. Crowds are limited to 30% of the normal capacity of the National Exhibition and Convention Center.
China held this year’s first in-person trade fair in Beijing. Exhibitors from abroad at the China International Fair for Trade in Services took part via the internet.
The authorities opened the Beijing auto show, the first major trade show for any industry since the pandemic began. A handful of foreign visitors arrived early to wait out a quarantine, but most brands were represented by Chinese employees or executives who work in China.
The world’s biggest sales event, the export-oriented Canton Trade Fair in China, held online.
