The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is regarding to be held, and comprehensive stability maintenance and security measures have been rolled out. In mainland China, which still adheres to the “dynamic clearing” policy, how to prevent and control the epidemic and prevent cases from entering Beijing has become the top priority. In addition to epidemic prevention, China is also strengthening control over express delivery and drone flying.
Epidemic prevention and control
Recently, a new wave of epidemics has occurred in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. On October 5, Inner Mongolia added 26 new local cases and 445 asymptomatic infections; Xinjiang added 97 new local asymptomatic infections.
Xinjiang has further strengthened the management and control of risk personnel and risk areas, proposing “not to leave Xinjiang unless it is necessary”, and suspending all passenger trains leaving Xinjiang to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Ma Xingrui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, clearly pointed out that all localities and departments should take serving and ensuring the convening of the Party’s 20th National Congress as the most important “political task” at present, and tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control.
In addition, Beijing appears to have tightened controls on entry into the city. Many tourists who went out during China’s National Day Golden Week said that they had not been to high-risk areas or contacted high-risk groups, but they might not return to Beijing because of the “Beijing Health Treasure” and “pop-up windows”.
“Beijing Health Treasure” is a small program that can be used through Alipay or WeChat, which records an individual’s epidemic prevention status. “Pop-up 3” means that users may be related in time and space to epidemic risk areas, risk points, and risk personnel inside and outside Beijing, and risk investigation needs to be carried out.
Chinese media personality Chen Chaohua complained on Weibo that it was difficult to return to Beijing. He said that he left Beijing and returned to Guangdong on October 1. He had been doing nucleic acid tests for several days, but received “Pop-Up 3” on the 4th.
“I called 12345 many times, and they were all answered by AI. I suggested that I suspend my entry into Beijing! There seems to be no entry for the option of artificial agents! I have followed the 12345 WeChat public account and filled in the appeal, but I don’t know what the result will be.” He wrote.
In the Weibo comment area of the Beijing Citizens Hotline Service Center, many netizens complained regarding the “pop-up window 3”.
“What is the purpose of pop-up window 3, is it to control the spread of the epidemic, or to restrict ordinary people from entering Beijing? Areas without any risk are pop-up windows without explanations, why? No explanations are because you can’t come up with convincing results. Why?” Weibo netizen “ZHANGFUYD” questioned.
Security upgrade
In late September, China’s State Post Bureau, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of State Security jointly issued a notice to strengthen the system of real-name receipt and delivery of items delivered during the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, inspection of receipt and delivery, and security inspection at airports.
The notice stated that from 0:00 on October 1st to 24:00 on the closing day of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, postal express companies in all regions will strengthen security inspection and disinfection of mail and express mail sent to Beijing; “Secondary security check” before delivery, mails without security check and sterilization signs will be returned; mails sent to the core security area will be checked once more before delivery.
“If you want to buy something, hurry up and buy it now,” said Weibo netizen “Daddy Ovo of the Basket”.
Weibo netizen “Hei Zeyi” complained: “It’s just getting slower and slower.”
In addition to the security inspection of express delivery, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau announced that from September 15 to October 31, units, organizations and individuals are prohibited from using drones, “traversing planes” and other “low, slow and small” aircraft for unauthorized use. Flying activities and ballooning activities.
stabilize the market
At the end of September, Archyde.com quoted two sources as saying that China’s securities regulator recently asked some fund managers and brokerages to avoid large-scale stock sales ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to avoid major market volatility.
One source said the instructions were given verbally by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges through so-called “window guidance,” or informal policy instructions without written documentation.
“They asked (us) to avoid abnormal trading activity, including a lot of selling and buying. Fundamentally, this is a move to stabilize the market,” the source said.
Another source also said they had been instructed, “which is politically sensitive”.
After the Archyde.com report was published, Bloomberg also quoted sources for a similar report.
In late July, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said it would “resolutely” prevent sharp and rapid fluctuations in capital markets to maintain market stability ahead of the 20th Congress.