Shanghai restaurants, retail shops gradually resume business amid pandemic

STORY: Shanghai restaurants, retail shops gradually resume business amid pandemic DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the supermarkets 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN KAIQIANG, Local restaurant manager of hotpot chain 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JIE, Local supermarket head 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Shopper STORYLINE: Restaurants and retail shops gradually resume business in Shanghai as the COVID-19 resurgence starts to ease in the city. Most of them are now only taking online orders as many areas in the city are still under closed-off and closed-loop management. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN KAIQIANG, Local restaurant manager of hotpot chain "We have gradually resumed business since April 16. Now we receive as many as more than 400 orders at the peak time of the day. Apart from food for hotpot, we also provide meal boxes for some communities, medical institutions, hotels and community property management service companies." SOUNDB