Diners sit for a meal at a restaurant in Beijing on Monday. The local government allowed restaurants to resume serving dine-in customers across most of the city that day after suspending the service for several weeks due to a Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: VCG

A man on a personal transportation vehicle films himself at a popular area for eating out in Beijing. Photo: Kevin Frayer/VCG

Customers wait for tables outside a restaurant. Photo: VCG

A pair of customers looks at a menu at a bar. Photo: Kevin Frayer/VCG

Cooks fold dumplings at a restaurant. Photo: Kevin Frayer/VCG

Customers eat Cantonese food at a restaurant Monday afternoon. Beijing reported two local asymptomatic cases that day. Photo: VCG

People sit around tables chatting Friday at Xintiandi, a popular area in Shanghai for dining out. Life has been returning to the city’s streets since the local government start lifting the lockdowns on Wednesday. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A woman walks past the storefront of an antique shop in Shanghai on Sunday. Photo: VCG

People pass through the People’s Square subway station in Shanghai during the Monday morning rush hour. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

People walk out of Shanghai’s People’s Square station. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Traffic and pedestrians return to a street in Shanghai on Saturday. The city reported 10 new local cases on Monday. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin