Shanghai embarks(v|上船，登机，开始，着手) on road to recovery following lockdown(n|一级防范禁闭)

Life returned to the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as the city lifted most epidemic(adj|流行性的，传染的|n|传染病) control measures in low-risk communities and allowed many businesses to resume operations.

People were evidently(adv|显然的，证据确凿的) eager(adj|热切的，渴望的) to get out onto the streets after a lockdown that spanned(n|跨度，时间段，小范围|v|持续，横跨，包括) over two months, as many could be seen strolling(n|散步|v|散步|vt|游荡) at the city’s landmarks(n|地标性建筑), including the Bund(n|外滩) and the Pudong riverside, in the early morning.

The sounding of the famous bell tower at the Bund at midnight was joined by the sounds of car horns(n|号角，喇叭) as drivers celebrated the new beginning.

Even before the new day started, police officers had removed isolation(n|孤独，孤立) barriers between districts(n|地区，区域，行政区|vt|把...划分为区) and all tunnels(n|隧道，地道|v|挖地道) and bridges linking the two sides of the Huangpu River were opened.

The city’s public transportation system, including bus, metro and ferry(n|渡船，渡口，渡轮|v|运送) services, has resumed full operations as well.

Xiong Xiong, the person in charge(v|充电，充值|n|费用，主管) of the People’s Square metro station, one of the largest transfer stations in the city, said that peak(n|登峰，山顶|v|达到最高点|adj|最高的，巅峰的) passenger flow on Wednesday morning was about one third of the usual and the metro operation is smooth.

Many venues(n|地点) in the city now require visitors to show proof that they had undergone(v|经历，遭受) a nucleic(adj|核的) acid(n|酸，酸性物质|adj|尖刻的，含酸过多的｜酸的) test which returned negative within the 72 hours prior(adj|事先的，优先的|n|上司) to entry.

According to Zhao Dandan, deputy(n|副手，代表) director of the Shanghai Municipal(adj|市政的|n|政府证券) Health Commission(n|委员会|v|委任), around 15,000 nucleic acid sampling sites, of which about 5,000 are accessible to the public, are currently operational in the city.

The city’s Party committee(n|会员会，全体委员) and the government on Wednesday expressed gratitude(n|感谢，感激) to those who have been involved in the latest fight against the virus in a public letter.