Shenzhen, as a major international trade city, has made targeted efforts to contain COVID-19 outbreaks and has issued guidelines for handling imported items in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading from objects to people, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday.
According to the city’s commerce bureau, Shenzhen has issued guidelines for handling imported items, which aims to guide enterprises, institutions and personnel from all walks of life to maintain good epidemic prevention and control practices for items from overseas.
The guidelines cover a wide range of topics and establish requirements for epidemic prevention and control of all overseas imported items arriving in the city, including imported goods, Hong Kong-Shenzhen cross-border goods, international mail, carry-on imported items, and cold-chain food items and fruits.
The guidelines require relevant parties to take preventive and control measures for overseas imported goods’ customs clearance, transportation, loading, unpacking, storage, processing and sales.
It is also suggested that fixed locations and personnel be set up to handle imported items.
Zhu Junfeng, technical manager at Modern Dental Laboratory, a Shenzhen denture and oral equipment manufacturer, believed that the guidelines provide more targeted and clear guidance for anti-epidemic work by import enterprises.
“In accordance with the guidelines, we will further strengthen daily supervision and regulation and ensure the safety of imported goods throughout the entire process,” Zhu told the Daily.
Zhu’s company has a batch of dental impressions and models stranded in Hong Kong due to the epidemic. According to him, the company has opened two large disinfection sites in its factory for goods that already have been imported to Shenzhen.
In another development, Luohu District has set up nine centralized disinfection sites for imported mails and packages in the district, according to a notice issued by the district’s COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters office Tuesday.
Mail or package recipients must pick up their parcels with their ID cards and scan the designated QR code to register their personal information according to the on-site staffers’ instructions.