After a hiatus of two-and-a-half months, everyday life has now come back to normal in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China, Chinese state media reports said on Saturday.
Tibet, which lies in China's Southwest region, shares a 1414 kilometers border with Nepal. With people's normal life coming back to normal in Tibet, the bilateral trade between Nepal and China is also expected to return to normalcy.
Nepal's bilateral trade with China was also badly affected as Chinese authorities enforced lockdown in Tibet for the past three months.
Over 100 Nepal-bound container trucks carrying goods were stranded in various areas of Tibet until September 15. However, following the visit of Li Zhansu, chairman of the China's People's Congress, to Nepal in the mid-September, border crossings were partially reopened and stranded trucks were allowed to enter towards Nepal via Tatopani and Rashuwagadhi custom points. Nepal's overland trade with China mostly takes places through these two custom points.
Officials in Tibet have vowed to restore normal life and production in an orderly manner, putting an end to closed management for residential communities, China's state-run Global Times reported on Saturday.
According to the report, residents in the region will be gradually allowed in and out of communities that had been previously sealed off or partly restricted.
"Access restrictions for couriers, maintenance, food delivery and other service personnel will also be lifted. Working units across the region will resume normal business and production, as well as agricultural productions. Schools, medical institutions and government services will also resume operations," the Global Times further said in its report.
Restaurants, supermarkets, and farmer’s markets will reopen, the same goes for public venues including libraries, art galleries, cultural centers, and places of religious activities. Scenic spots and resorts will gradually reopen. Meanwhile, hotels and accommodation industry are encouraged to resume business. Entertainment venues such as cinemas and Internet cafes will also resume business. Trains, airplanes, buses, taxis and other public transport and all kinds of vehicles will be allowed to regain access on roads. Postal expresses will resume processing of deliveries and other operations.
Tibet, which is called Xizang in Tibetan language, witnessed 22 COVID-19 cases on August 8, marking an end to 920 days of zero COVID infection in the region. Xigaze, which is 500 kilometers far away from Nepal's Rasuwa district, had reported 22 cases in this period.
The authorities in Xigaze put the whole city under static management in no time, with nobody allowed to enter or leave the city so as to prevent spillovers, according to the media report. Lhasa, the capital city of Xizang, will implement static management in medium and high-risk areas, according to the Global Times.
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