Heavy traffic on a road in Beijing Thursday. Since that day, measures restricting the number of vehicles on the road during peak hours on weekdays have been suspended in the capital. Photo: VCG

Visitors flock to the Universal Beijing Resort on Tuesday as life gradually returns to normal in Beijing after a wave of Covid infections hit the city this month. Photo: IC Photo

Crowds were back at the Huiju shopping mall in Beijing’s Daxing district on Sunday. Photo: VCG

Beijing citizens enjoy hotpot at a restaurant in Daxing district Wednesday. Starting that day, diners no longer need to show a negative nucleic acid test result to enter. Photo: IC Photo

People wait outside a chain restaurant in Beijing’s Chaoyang district on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Diners eat at the Heshenghui shopping mall in Chaoyang on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

Passengers cram into a subway train Tuesday morning in Beijing. Over 2.7 million subway trips were made on Wednesday, which is twice as many as a week earlier. Photo: IC Photo

Passengers line up to board a train at Beijing North Railway Station on Wednesday. Since Dec. 7, people traveling between regions have no longer had to show their test results or digital health codes. Photo: Li Xin/Xinhua