Quite unsubtle signalling on behalf of locals. 3 articles in a week. It seems that SZ is firmly with Li on latest developments.
New ‘stall economy’ bustling
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-15
Street vendors, who had been banned to keep the cities clean, are expected to make a comeback in major Chinese cities after authorities urged policy support for the sector in a bid to boost people’s income and revive local economies hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
(Related story on P3)
Roadside businesses resuming in SZ
ROADSIDE businesses are resuming in Shenzhen. Many independent vendors who had to shut down their businesses due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic have come back to the street, Shenzhen Evening News reported.
Zhao Cong, an independent vendor from Chongqing, normally opens his barbecue stall on Wuhe Boulevard in Bantian Subdistrict, Longgang District, at 5 p.m. every day.
Zhao started his business at the end of last year. Before this, he and his wife worked at a factory in Guanlan.
Given that the salary they earned from the factory was not satisfactory, Zhao and his wife decided to buy a tricycle to start their own barbecue business.
“The barbecue business is not as stable as factory work. Sometimes, we can earn 1,000 yuan (US$140) a day. But sometimes, we only have orders of around 200 to 300 yuan,” said Zhao.
Although they pull out their stall at 5 p.m. every day, the couple has to prepare ingredients in the afternoon.
“I thought about opening a small barbecue shop. But I finally gave up the plan because I failed to borrow enough money,” said Zhao.
After the COVID-19 epidemic emerged in China, Zhao and his wife chose to stay in their hometown Chongqing.
As the epidemic is increasingly contained across the country and the roadside business environment has improved, the couple returned to Shenzhen to restart their business.
“I heard that the management policy on street stalls has turned not as stringent as before. We have some regular customers so we are confident about our business,” said Zhao, adding that there are also vendors selling clothes and toys around.
In regards to concerns that the street was left greasy with street stalls, Zhao also recognized the issue and said that it is important for vendors to clean up their areas in order to attract more customers.
A young woman running her stall near the Danzhutou Metro station in Longgang District told the reporter that she started selling bags in early May as a part-time job to cover her living expenses.
She suggested that the income is not too much but she has considered selling other stuff in the future.
A man surnamed Zhao from Xi’an said that he was considering selling his homemade spicy gluten, or latiao, at a night market.
As roadside business has been put in spotlight recently, more and more platforms announced their plans to support small businesses.
Chinese online retailer, JD.com, said that they will allow each small shop to buy supplies worth up to 100,000 yuan on interest-free credit.
Tencent’s WeChat also announced their plan to enable vendors to conduct both online and offline sales.
However, many vendors said that they did not know too much about these policies.
The Shenzhen Municipal Urban Management and Law Enforcement Bureau said that they have already allowed some restaurants to run tables in outdoor areas in front of their stores during the epidemic to promote resumption of businesses.
Concerning the question of when there will be an official announcement to ease their operations, staff with the bureau said that it still needs further coordination among its departments.
(Wang Jingli)
City’s night-time economy revives
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-10
SHENZHEN is among the top three cities in China, following Guangzhou and Chongqing, whose small businesses have revived fast, a report by Shenzhen Economic Daily said yesterday, quoting data from WeChat Pay.
The number of small businesses that used WeChat Pay in May in Shenzhen rose by 225 percent compared with January. Transactions increased 13 times and number of customers surged by eightfold, data showed.
Nationally, transactions of small businesses in May were five times as many as those in January and February, and the volume was doubled.
Data on more than 100 sectors such as retailing, dining and commuting showed stall economy had created 80 percent of the employment opportunities and its revival guarantees social stability and healthy economic development.
Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou have become the most dynamic cities for small businesses, followed by other cities like Xi’an, Chengdu and Foshan.
WeChat Pay data showed the stalls operated by young people aged between 20 and 29 took up by 24.6 percent of newly opened stalls in May.
Shenzhen, a young and vibrant city, had strong night-time consumption potential. Data showed 60 percent of consumption happened during night time in the city after 6 p.m.
It ranked No. 2 as the most lively night city in China, after Shanghai, in a report based on the data provided by ride hailing app Didi Chuxing and the restaurant review app Dazhong Dianping in March last year.
The report looked at eight nightlife sectors like bars, cinemas, KTVs, gyms, late-night dining, Internet cafes, entertainment and convenience stores.
The city has taken several measures to foster a robust night economy in recent years by holding light shows, shopping festivals and building a demonstration street, Dongmen Pedestrian Street in Luohu District, for the city’s night economy.
(Han Ximin)
Night economy booming in Huaqiangbei
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-17
WITH no new local COVID-19 cases reported for more than three months, the nighttime economy in Huaqiangbei commercial circle, Futian District, is showing strong signs of recovery, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
Enthusiasm for going out and spending time with friends in the evening is definitely high, as some stores have filed applications for extension of business hours.
“We plan to extend our business hours from Friday to Sunday until midnight,” the manager of an eatery in Rainbow Shopping Mall, surnamed Yuan, told the Daily. The application for extension of business hours was mainly to launch nighttime dining packages to attract more consumers, according to Yuan.
Other famous restaurants, such as Haidilao and Gelaoguan, have also offered to operate around the clock and until 2 a.m., respectively, said Ouyang Jie, assistant general manager of Rainbow Shopping Mall.
On the east side of the Huaqiangbei commercial circle, CICCI Mall also attracted a large number of consumers, with daily average foot traffic reaching 12,000.
According to Wang Yanju, assistant general manager of CICCI Mall, some dining businesses have provided outdoor seating sections as more consumers prefer to dine outdoors due to the epidemic.
Authorities in Futian District have beefed up measures to develop the nighttime economy in Huaqiangbei, with steps to encourage post-dusk business activities and later closing hours.
In a bid to enliven the commercial circle, piano and instrumental players as well as performers will be invited to stage thematic performances in the main street of Huaqiangbei at fixed times every week.
Futian will also make full use of the public space in the northern area of Huaqiangbei Main Street to attract millennials who are interested in Cosplay, skateboarding, street dance and hip-hop music, so as to add vitality to the area and further increase foot traffic.
(Zhang Yu)
New ‘stall economy’ bustling
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-15
Street vendors, who had been banned to keep the cities clean, are expected to make a comeback in major Chinese cities after authorities urged policy support for the sector in a bid to boost people’s income and revive local economies hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
(Related story on P3)
Roadside businesses resuming in SZ
ROADSIDE businesses are resuming in Shenzhen. Many independent vendors who had to shut down their businesses due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic have come back to the street, Shenzhen Evening News reported.
Zhao Cong, an independent vendor from Chongqing, normally opens his barbecue stall on Wuhe Boulevard in Bantian Subdistrict, Longgang District, at 5 p.m. every day.
Zhao started his business at the end of last year. Before this, he and his wife worked at a factory in Guanlan.
Given that the salary they earned from the factory was not satisfactory, Zhao and his wife decided to buy a tricycle to start their own barbecue business.
“The barbecue business is not as stable as factory work. Sometimes, we can earn 1,000 yuan (US$140) a day. But sometimes, we only have orders of around 200 to 300 yuan,” said Zhao.
Although they pull out their stall at 5 p.m. every day, the couple has to prepare ingredients in the afternoon.
“I thought about opening a small barbecue shop. But I finally gave up the plan because I failed to borrow enough money,” said Zhao.
After the COVID-19 epidemic emerged in China, Zhao and his wife chose to stay in their hometown Chongqing.
As the epidemic is increasingly contained across the country and the roadside business environment has improved, the couple returned to Shenzhen to restart their business.
“I heard that the management policy on street stalls has turned not as stringent as before. We have some regular customers so we are confident about our business,” said Zhao, adding that there are also vendors selling clothes and toys around.
In regards to concerns that the street was left greasy with street stalls, Zhao also recognized the issue and said that it is important for vendors to clean up their areas in order to attract more customers.
A young woman running her stall near the Danzhutou Metro station in Longgang District told the reporter that she started selling bags in early May as a part-time job to cover her living expenses.
She suggested that the income is not too much but she has considered selling other stuff in the future.
A man surnamed Zhao from Xi’an said that he was considering selling his homemade spicy gluten, or latiao, at a night market.
As roadside business has been put in spotlight recently, more and more platforms announced their plans to support small businesses.
Chinese online retailer, JD.com, said that they will allow each small shop to buy supplies worth up to 100,000 yuan on interest-free credit.
Tencent’s WeChat also announced their plan to enable vendors to conduct both online and offline sales.
However, many vendors said that they did not know too much about these policies.
The Shenzhen Municipal Urban Management and Law Enforcement Bureau said that they have already allowed some restaurants to run tables in outdoor areas in front of their stores during the epidemic to promote resumption of businesses.
Concerning the question of when there will be an official announcement to ease their operations, staff with the bureau said that it still needs further coordination among its departments.
(Wang Jingli)
City’s night-time economy revives
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-10
SHENZHEN is among the top three cities in China, following Guangzhou and Chongqing, whose small businesses have revived fast, a report by Shenzhen Economic Daily said yesterday, quoting data from WeChat Pay.
The number of small businesses that used WeChat Pay in May in Shenzhen rose by 225 percent compared with January. Transactions increased 13 times and number of customers surged by eightfold, data showed.
Nationally, transactions of small businesses in May were five times as many as those in January and February, and the volume was doubled.
Data on more than 100 sectors such as retailing, dining and commuting showed stall economy had created 80 percent of the employment opportunities and its revival guarantees social stability and healthy economic development.
Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou have become the most dynamic cities for small businesses, followed by other cities like Xi’an, Chengdu and Foshan.
WeChat Pay data showed the stalls operated by young people aged between 20 and 29 took up by 24.6 percent of newly opened stalls in May.
Shenzhen, a young and vibrant city, had strong night-time consumption potential. Data showed 60 percent of consumption happened during night time in the city after 6 p.m.
It ranked No. 2 as the most lively night city in China, after Shanghai, in a report based on the data provided by ride hailing app Didi Chuxing and the restaurant review app Dazhong Dianping in March last year.
The report looked at eight nightlife sectors like bars, cinemas, KTVs, gyms, late-night dining, Internet cafes, entertainment and convenience stores.
The city has taken several measures to foster a robust night economy in recent years by holding light shows, shopping festivals and building a demonstration street, Dongmen Pedestrian Street in Luohu District, for the city’s night economy.
(Han Ximin)
Night economy booming in Huaqiangbei
Shenzhen Daily 2020-06-17
WITH no new local COVID-19 cases reported for more than three months, the nighttime economy in Huaqiangbei commercial circle, Futian District, is showing strong signs of recovery, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
Enthusiasm for going out and spending time with friends in the evening is definitely high, as some stores have filed applications for extension of business hours.
“We plan to extend our business hours from Friday to Sunday until midnight,” the manager of an eatery in Rainbow Shopping Mall, surnamed Yuan, told the Daily. The application for extension of business hours was mainly to launch nighttime dining packages to attract more consumers, according to Yuan.
Other famous restaurants, such as Haidilao and Gelaoguan, have also offered to operate around the clock and until 2 a.m., respectively, said Ouyang Jie, assistant general manager of Rainbow Shopping Mall.
On the east side of the Huaqiangbei commercial circle, CICCI Mall also attracted a large number of consumers, with daily average foot traffic reaching 12,000.
According to Wang Yanju, assistant general manager of CICCI Mall, some dining businesses have provided outdoor seating sections as more consumers prefer to dine outdoors due to the epidemic.
Authorities in Futian District have beefed up measures to develop the nighttime economy in Huaqiangbei, with steps to encourage post-dusk business activities and later closing hours.
In a bid to enliven the commercial circle, piano and instrumental players as well as performers will be invited to stage thematic performances in the main street of Huaqiangbei at fixed times every week.
Futian will also make full use of the public space in the northern area of Huaqiangbei Main Street to attract millennials who are interested in Cosplay, skateboarding, street dance and hip-hop music, so as to add vitality to the area and further increase foot traffic.
(Zhang Yu)
