School campuses resume liveliness as spring semester kicks off in Beijing

Over one million primary and middle school students in Beijing returned to school campuses on Monday, as the spring semester kicked off in a staggered manner in each provincial-level region.

The new school term is the first semester after China downgraded its management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B on Jan. 8.

Schools no longer conduct mass nucleic acid tests on students and teachers and they no longer need to present a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the school.