Junior high three graders take a math class at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
From online to offline: graduating students of junior and senior high schools resume their studies at school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Monday marks the first day of offline schooling of the new semester for students in their final years of senior and junior high schools and vocational schools in Xinjiang, one of the first provincial regions across the country to reopen classrooms amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Official data showed that no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported for over 20 consecutive days in the region, prompting an acceleration in the resumption of life and work.
A senior three grader takes temperature checking before entering the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Each class is limited to 30 students, seating is staggered and temperatures are taken three times a day. All the classrooms, canteens and dormitories are disinfected regularly, while closed-off campus management has been adopted to reduce imported infection risks, according to Tian Yun, head of the school's educational administration office.
China said last week that the peak of the current COVID-19 outbreak at home is over as new cases keep declining and the overall epidemic situation remains at a low level across the country. Life and production are picking up pace in returning to normal.
Senior three graders complete the test paper at the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A teacher explains how to wear mask to junior three graders at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Junior three graders go back to school at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
A senior three grader reads her textbook at the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Junior three graders go back to school at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
A junior three grader makes the bed at the dormitory of the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Junior three graders take a math class at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Senior three graders complete the test paper at the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A teacher holds a class meeting at the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A staff member conducts disinfection at the dining hall of the Urumqi No.1 Senior High School in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Wang Fei)
