Performances and activities were suspended in many theaters in Beijing, and theaters in Xicheng were temporarily closed

According to the news of Beijing News Broadcast on October 30, the Beijing Xicheng District Culture and Tourism Bureau issued a notice that in view of the current severe epidemic prevention and control situation, in order to avoid the recurrence of the cluster epidemic, from October 30 to November 14, the film screening activities in cinemas throughout the district were suspended.

At present, a number of cinemas in Xicheng District have announced that they will be closed from October 30 to November 14. On October 29, capital cinema officially announced that its five theaters in Xicheng District, including Xidan Store, Financial Street Store, Zhonghua Cinema, Guang'anmen Cinema and Daguanlou Cinema, will be closed from October 30 to November 14. Poly International Cinema Tiananmen Store also announced on the "Poly International Cinema Beijing" public account that it will be temporarily closed for a specified period.

The interface entertainment reporter searched a total of 17 movie theaters in Xicheng District on the third-party ticketing platform Maoyan, or showed that there were no shows, or showed that the venue was full, or could not lock the seats on the payment interface. The reporter called the only first-class store in China Film International Cinema Xiaoxitian China Giant Curtain as a consumer at 14:35 p.m. as a consumer, and the operator said that they are still in business, but they have heard the news of the closure of the theater in Xicheng District and will stop business at any time, but the specific time is still waiting for the above notice, "Tonight I dare not guarantee (can operate)".

As of press time, Maoyan Professional Edition shows that the Capital Cinema Xidan Store divided the box office of 7550 yuan on October 30, and the number of moviegoers was only 128, while the theater reached 108,000 on October 29, and the number of moviegoers was 1776.

In addition to the cinemas, many theaters in the city have also issued announcements suspending, postponing or cancelling recent performances and activities, with performances and activities suspended for 4 to 16 days.

Among them, the National Centre for the Performing Arts will cancel relevant performances and activities from October 30 to November 11, including 20 performances such as opera, opera films, concerts, Peking Opera, as well as two art education activities, and two other performances are pending. The National Theatre of China, Tianqiao Art Center, and Beijing Renyi will cancel or suspend activities from October 30 to November 14. China Children's Art Theatre, Poly Theatre, Gulou West Theatre, etc. have also issued notices on official channels to suspend or postpone related performance activities.

In addition, the Beijing Haidian District Culture and Tourism Bureau also issued a notice on October 30, requiring that from 14:00 on the same day, the Haidian District Song and Dance Entertainment Venues, Amusement Halls, Performance Venues, and Internet Cafes be temporarily suspended.

On the afternoon of October 29, at the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in Beijing, Xu Hejian, spokesman of the Beijing Municipal Government, pointed out that Beijing should reduce the gathering activities such as wedding banquets, exhibitions, forums, and commercial performances, the core area should be more stringent, and the risk of gathering should be strictly prevented, and the universal theme park should enter an emergency epidemic prevention state, strengthen the epidemic prevention management of hotels and guesthouses, comprehensively explore the situation of gathering activities, and strictly implement epidemic prevention regulations according to requirements.

As of 16:00 on 30 October, Beijing had reported a total of 30 local cases, and the trajectory of the cases involved Changping District, Dongcheng District, Fengtai District, Haidian District, Shunyi District, Daxing District and Chaoyang District of Beijing. There are 1 high-risk area and 1 medium-risk area in the city, both located in Changping.