Therefore, the restaurant joined an online delivery platform to expand its service range and improve its digital operation. His restaurant sits near to a business district, but its foot traffic was not stable in recent years. Jiang estimated that the business would recover faster, saying his restaurant was fully prepared. "We serve 80 to 100 tables of dine-in customers per day, and delivery orders are growing fast that we receive more than 300 of them on a daily basis," Jiang said. Its dine-in and delivery services are both recovering thanks to the optimized COVID-19 response measures recently announced by China. This restaurant, which covers only some 60 square meters, is located in an alley of Chengdu's Jinjiang district. Jiang Sanchun, owner of the restaurant, said over 150 delivery orders had flooded in. 18, 2022, couriers were seen entering and exiting a mini hot pot restaurant in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province. 8 in the number of online reservations for dine-in services.Īt noon on Dec. Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has seen a 413 percent weekly growth since Dec. (Photo by Li Hongbo/People's Daily Onlie) Tourists enjoy local snacks in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Dec. 8, 2022, and foot traffic has kept growing.įor instance, the number of online reservations for dine-in services received by restaurants in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province since December has more than doubled from that in the previous stage. "The foot traffic in other periods of time is also recovering, and it would increase 30 percent on weekends," Xu said.Īccording to Chinese internet giant Meituan, the dining industry has recovered across the country to different extents since Dec. Xu told People's Daily that the number of diners at night recently was sometimes as many as that before the breakout of COVID-19, which boosted the turnover of the restaurant. Its business remained gloomy in the first few days, but has turned better since Dec. 7 last year after a short suspension of dine-in services. Fortunately, it is getting better these days. Over the past year, the restaurant's business performance went through ups and downs. Reservations just get frequent as the Chinese New Year approaches, which will keep us busier," said Xu Bin, manager of the hot pot restaurant. "Today we will probably serve over 200 tables, and dozens of tables have already been booked at noon. Sanlitun, a popular shopping area favored by young people in Beijing's Chaoyang district, is currently seeing a recovery in foot traffic, and that includes a restaurant of Haidilao, a leading hot pot restaurant chain in China, at Sanlitun SOHO, a shopping-residence-business complex. Restaurants across the country have resumed dine-in services and are preparing for a peak period that may arrive with the upcoming Chinese New Year, which will fall on Jan. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/People's Daily Online)Ĭhina's optimization of COVID-19 response measures is leading to a rebound in the catering industry. Tourists visit a traditional street in Luoyang, central China's Henan province, Dec. By Ouyang Jie ( People's Daily) 11:21, January 07, 2023
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