Back to School: Grid Management and Canteen Regulations
On Monday the Beijing Municipal Education Commission (BMEC) announced
that it’ll be conducting what they call grid management and tracking
students’ movements from the start of the new semester. It is not clear
exactly what is meant by ‘grid management’ but the Commission states
that schools should be prepared to arrange grids on campus in order to
avoid any unnecessary group gatherings, which suggests that they would
be a system of physical or visual barriers designed to control the flow
of students and maintain social distancing.
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There have also been changes to how meals are served and consumed at schools. The commission has notified schools and food catering companies that in the upcoming new semester raw food products will not be allowed to be served on campus. According to the Beijing Municipal Education Commission’s Weibo account, uncooked food, pastries containing fresh cream, and kidney beans will not be allowed to be sold on campus. Currently, we have not heard any confirmation whether these new regulations pertaining to on-campus food safety will affect fresh fruits and salads. Beijingkids will continue to follow up on the issue and update you as we hear back from the schools.
School cafeterias and even supermarkets and convenient stores located close to school campuses will be undergoing month-long checks by the municipal market supervision bureau to ensure the food sold are up to safety standard.
A representative of the Beijing Education Commission emphasized that these new actions are not in response to any new outbreaks or emergency in Beijing, but should be considered as “the new normal.”
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