Schools across China welcome students with full reopening

A student shows her new textbook at a primary school in Beijing, on August 29, 2020. [Photo: VCG]

Over 200 million students in the Chinese mainland have returned to school in all(所有的 suǒyǒu de) provinces and autonomous regions, except(除了 chúle) Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where local authorities claimed that the situation of COVID-19 containment is still severe, so all classes will start online from September 1. The region hasn't reported any infection since August 20,1396 are still under medical observation.

College students return to campus in Huaian, east China's Jiangsu Province, on August 29, 2020. [Photo: Visual People]

According to the Ministry of Education, there are over 280 million students in the fall season(秋季 qiūjì), and over 75 percent of them have returned to school(返校 fǎnxiào). So far,30 province-level regions have made a clear schedule for the return except for Xinjiang.

Students in China usually get back to school on September 1.

A student gets a temperature check before entering a school in Beijing, on August 29, 2020. [Photo: Visual People]

In Wuhan, about 1.4 million students are preparing(准备 zhǔnbèi) to return to school on that date and local education authorities said students have no need to wear masks(口罩 kǒuzhào) in the school, but reminded them to carry one with them in case they enter public places.

In Beijing, where the epidemic rebounded in mid-June and was taken in control in July, more than 100,000 college students as well as about 600,000 primary, junior and senior high school students are returning to school.

Students do morning exercises at a junior high school in Beijing, on August 29, 2020. [Photo: VCG]

As the country has largely curbed the spread of the coronavirus, lives are getting back to normal(正常 zhèngcháng) with restrictions relaxed(放松 fàngsōng). And, at the same time, the country is still on high alert with fears of imported cases and a second wave of domestic infections in the winter.

So far, aside from schools, theaters, museums, gyms, beauty salons, restaurants and all kind of shops have all reopened.

Key word 重点词汇：

学

<动词 v.> study; learn

E.g. Chú zhōngwén wài，tā hái xué yīngyǔ hé déyǔ.

除中文外，他还学英语和德语。

Besides Chinese，he also study English and German.

<动词 v.> inmitate; mimic; copy

E.g. Háizi xué zhe dàren de yàngzi shuōhuà.

孩子学着大人的样子说话。

The boy imitated the adults way of speaking.

<名词 n.> school; college

E.g. Wǒ liù suì rù xué.

我六岁入学。

I started school at six.

<名词 n.> learning; knowledge

E.g. Xué hǎi wú yá.

学海无涯。

There is no limit to knowledge.

<名词 n.> subject of study; branch of learning

E.g. Tā shàncháng shùxué hé kēxué.

他擅长数学和科学。

He's good at math and science.