A man loads rolls of fabric on Wednesday night on Xinjiao West Road in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district. A complex in the area that houses several fabric markets has been closed since Oct. 24 due to Covid-19 restrictions, forcing many textile merchants to do their business on the street. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A man waits for a shop owner to move goods outside a closed fabric market. There are 59 textile wholesale markets in the complex. The total transaction volume of the complex reached 60 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) in 2019. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Shop owners cover their goods with plastic sheets to keep them dry. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Drivers load fabric onto a truck. The lockdown of the Kang Lu community has already lasted for 10 days. The community covers an area of about 1 square kilometer, housing more than 100,000 residents and over 5,200 garment businesses. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A courier delivers fabric in the rain on Xinjiao West Road. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Heavy traffic on Xinjiao West Road at night. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

People load fabric rolls on Xinjiao West Road to send them to nearby garment factories. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A worker waits to deliver fabric. Guangzhou reported 373 local cases on Wednesday. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A courier drives in slow traffic near Haizhu district’s Ruibao village. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Workers weave fabric overnight in Haizhu district’s Ruibao village. The village has not been affected by the current Covid-19 outbreak yet, though people who live and work there need to be tested on a daily basis. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin