Beijing, after re-opening, goes back to closed loop management for parliamentary meetings
BEIJING - After three years of strict Covid-19 controls that had largely kept visitors out and at times shuttered businesses, out-of-town tourists are back in Beijing in droves, thronging the Forbidden City to pose for pictures under a large Mao Zedong portrait.
Participants of the meetings, which will last about 10 days, are subjected to two nucleic acid tests to be taken within 48 hours before they enter the capital city, if they are travelling from outside Beijing.Reporters also have to check into a designated hotel and undergo Covid-19 testing a day before press conferences and opening ceremonies.
Travellers to Beijing undergo tighter security measures as well, with at least two extra rounds of checks at train stations, including one upon entering the capital city.
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