The General Office of the State Council issued a notice to announce the official public holiday schedule for 2023.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has loosened travel restrictions in response to the nation's new policies on COVID-19 epidemic control and prevention.
Starting from Friday, enclosed entertainment venues and dining services will no longer require guests to produce nucleic acid test results before entry, Shanghai health authorities said on Thursday.
Shanghai continues to optimise COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the municipal government announced on Monday.
Starting on Monday, Shanghai will no longer require passengers to hold a negative nucleic acid test result to take public transportation, including buses and subways, according to a municipal government announcement on Sunday afternoon.
Shanghai will no longer carry out mass nucleic acid screening in administrative division level, unless under special conditions when the COVID-19 local infections are beyond tracing.
Concrete and effective measures are being introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19 on the mainland during the summer holidays, as the government tries to come to grips with multiple outbreaks and maintain its dynamic COVID-zero strategy.