A herdsman trains horses on a grassland in West Ujimqin Banner of Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man wearing a face mask stands on a bridge over an expressway in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Residents wearing mask are seen on the street on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A worker wearing a mask disinfects a canal on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman helps a child cross a barrier near a site for mass COVID test on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Workers in protective suits take an elevator as they disinfect a residential area during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 18, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Visitors look at specimens of Chinese herbal medicine at a museum during the International Museum Day in Bozhou, in China's eatern Anhui province on May 18, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A worker shows crayfish during an event celebrating the harvest season of crayfish in Xuyi County of Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province on May 18, 2022. Crayfish is one of the renowned specialties in Xuyi County. (Photo by Li Bo/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





Children wearing princess dresses and face masks play on a staircases on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Workers in protective suits stand in a closed street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 19, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Residents get haircuts on a closed street during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





People walk past a residential apartment block in Hong Kong on May 20, 2022. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





A medical worker in protective gear collects a sample from a worker at a COVID testing site setup outside a shopping mall on Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People browsing their smartphones as they wait in line for COVID testing outside a shopping mall on Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Passengers in protective overalls wait for their train at the Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, China Sunday, May 22, 2022. The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai opens some public transit services as it slowly eases pandemic restrictions that have kept most residents in their housing complexes for more than six weeks. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Workers walk out from a partial closed mall area on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A worker in protective suit sprays disinfectant at a shuttered shopping mall on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of COVID-19 again rose in the Chinese capital. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A sightseeing tower is seen at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on May 23, 2022 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. The tower looks like 'bamboo shoots breaking through the soil'. (Photo by Zhu Jianguo/VCG via Getty Images)





A woman looks through a barricaded gate of a residential area under lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 24, 2022. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





A painting titled “Van Gogh”, left, created by Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi, is displayed at the Art Basel in Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Art Basel is one of the world's most prestigious modern and contemporary art exhibitions. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)