{"id":47139,"date":"2022-12-21T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiallians.com\/?p=47139"},"modified":"2022-12-28T04:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T04:47:41","slug":"covid-19-covid-19-curbs-further-eased-in-china-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiallians.com\/en\/covid-19-covid-19-curbs-further-eased-in-china-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Covid-19 Curbs Further Eased in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Covid-19: Covid-19 Curbs Further Eased in China<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]On December 7, 2022, 10 new measures were released to ease the Covid-19 curbs and there were several subsequent announcements to further implement the measures, which we summarize below:<\/p>\n

(1) High risk areas shall only be limited to a certain\u00a0household<\/strong>\u00a0and all forms of temporary closure and control are not allowed.[1]<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Except for special places such as nursing homes, welfare homes, medical institutions, childcare institutions, primary and secondary schools,\u00a0no nucleic acid test and health code will be checked<\/strong>. For people travelling across different cities,\u00a0nucleic acid test\/quarantine upon arrival will no longer be carried out<\/strong>.[2]<\/p>\n

Special rules for Beijing: People shall still provide health code and negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours if they go to enclosed places such as restaurants (dine-in), gyms, bars, KTV, sauna and bathing, etc.<\/p>\n

(3) Quarantine for those infected without severe symptoms:\u00a07-day home quarantine<\/strong>\u00a0and they can be free if nucleic acid tests taken on the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0and 7th<\/sup>\u00a0day are negative; Quarantine for close contacts of those infected:\u00a05-day home quarantine<\/strong>. Besides, people can also choose to go to centralized quarantine places voluntarily.[3]<\/p>\n

(4)\u00a0E-travel history<\/strong>\u00a0system is abolished.[4]<\/p>\n

Currently, the rules for overseas travelers have not been changed, and thus travelers shall still take one nucleic acid test with 48 hours before departure, and take a\u00a05-day centralized quarantine[5]\u00a0+ 3-day home quarantine[6]\u00a0after arrival.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gov.cn\/xinwen\/2022-12\/07\/content_5730475.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wjw.beijing.gov.cn\/wjwh\/ztzl\/xxgzbd\/gzbdzcfg\/202212\/t20221207_2872702.html<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/finance.people.com.cn\/n1\/2022\/1212\/c1004-32585466.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]\u00a0Previously high risk areas shall be limited to a certain building unit.<\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0Previously negative nucleic acid test within 24\/48\/72 hours and health code shall be checked; for people travelling across different cities, usually nucleic acid test and quarantine upon arrival shall be carried out.<\/p>\n

[3] Special rules for Beijing: for those infected, no need to take nucleic acid tests on the 6th and 7th day. Previously for those infected: centralized quarantine; for close contacts of those infected: 5-day centralized quarantine + 3-day home quarantine.<\/p>\n

[4]\u00a0E-travel history system was lauched from February 13, 2020 by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Its main fonction was to track peoples\u2019 cross-city travels over the preceding 14 days, which enabled government to know if an individual had been to any high risk cities.<\/p>\n

[5]\u00a0You do not need to book any living place in advance. If the destination is Beijing, the centralized quarantine is not in hotel but a special community at remote areas of Beijing.<\/p>\n

[6]\u00a0For the 3-day home quarantine, you need to obtain approval from the community first. Normally for foreign travelers, they will conduct a 8-day hotel quarantine.<\/p>\n

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2. E-commerce law: Provisions on Comment Threading Services on the Internet Released<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Cyberspace Administration of China issued\u00a0the\u00a0Administrative Provisions on Comment Threading Services on the Internet (\u201cProvisions\u201d), effective from December 15, 2022. Recently, many netizens have been using crude language\/rumors to attack others on different online platforms by way of comments, etc. The Provisions were released to control the netizens\u2019 misconducts, to impose obligations on service providers,[1]\u00a0and the main features are as follows:<\/p>\n

(1) Major obligations of the service providers<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Verify the real identity information of the netizens before making comments<\/p>\n