To Jack Mealy, the New York Times Breaking News Editor:
Good morning Jack. I’m a journalism student at Baruch College. Here is a topic about stimulate economy under the coronavirus pandemic in China. Since I returned to China and found this interesting topic that I would like to report it as the feature news. I think I can do better interviews because I truly see the difference of private venders selling products between Covid-19 pandemic and before in reality. Hopefully this topic could be a great topic to be reported to get more attention to the busines experts.
The Covid-19 economy crisis has ravaged marketing since January outbreak in China. Three months since it emerged, the government has effectively managed the virus and has it under control. Yet economy has been destroyed badly and business such as tourism, catering, entertainment and malls were closed completely during the Spring festival. This factor will become a burden, which will postpone the business returning back to the right track. Therefore, a new policy was made by the National Culture Administration for recovering economy in the shortest time. According to the rule of retail private business, street vendor selling products is legal in the period of Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The National Culture City Agency evaluated data and announced street, curb market and fluidity vendors were found eligible to be added to the business policy in 2020. The Chinese chairman Mr. Xi used the National People’s Congress and Chinese Political Consultative Conference to proclaim and enforce stimulating economic policies, extremely reducing business loss in Covid-19 pandemic. Now, large cities have opened street vendor business throughout the day in different periods. Meanwhile, the city management guards would protect and maintain private stalls to be safe while doing their business on the street.
Mrs. Zexi Ning is a community leader who works at the city building council. She is in charge of Tei Xi zone Ying Chang community. Currently, she is busy handling with citizens returning to the community abroad with seven days quarantine. About street vendor policy, she said a few of townspeople had asked her if opened the private busines need sign a contract or not. They are readily to sign a paper that protect their stalls not to be molested. She demonstrated that before the virus outbreak, street vendors were prohibited and invalided to the city civilization. Since the new polity enforced that some of the people who had vendor experience may start with private busines without contracts. She also said to prevent virus recurrent in fall is the most important thing for now. Every week the community can receive two or three citizens aboard back to the community. What she needs to do is tracing the people follow the seven days quarantine at home (after 14 quarantine in hotel).
The street vendors have two kinds way to do, which are congregate selling and self-stall. The congregation is usually selling snacks and small dishes in the evening and the other one is selling clothes in the morning. Mrs. Juanhua Liu is a fifty-six-year-old private stall owner. She drives her mini-van with clothes to the main street of Nan Shi middle road every afternoon. Selling on the street is not hard to do because she had been selling kids clothes in market for a few years. Because of coronavirus was spread fast, she had to shut her business down immediately. In three months no income so that she has to take her clothes selling on the street. She was happy to hear about the government released a new policy for small business to cover the loss for individual business owners such like her. Before she put her products on the side curb, she was wondering if people judged her or not. Afterward, she saw many private sellers sold their products with no troubles then she decided to do her business on the street. She also said, selling in the market needs to pay rent for individual stall while street selling is much easier than that. Whether she goes home either early or late, it depends on her. So she was thankful the new rule that give her a second chance to earn money like before.
This report will write about the new policy for relief private business’ financial burden. From the community leader Mrs. Ning to self-stall Mrs. Liu, based on their work and current circumstance to analyze how important the new economy policy for individual sellers and general increase the marketing rate. The news backdrop is happened in ShenYang City of Liao Ning Province in China. I will introduce the background is under the Covid-19 and then focused on Mrs. Ning to talk about what the new policy is and what the impact to the people. I also will put more length on Mrs. Liu to talk about more her comment and benefit for her business.
Best,
Tao Zhang.
