Crowds of people shop at Sam's Club during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. [Photo/WeChat account: gh_81b6041c0752]

As the COVID-19 situation improved, residents of Nantong, Jiangsu province in East China, went out to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival from June 3 to 5.

During the holiday, prominent business locations such as Wulonghui business circle in Chongchuan district – Nantong's main metropolitan area – welcomed a large number of visitors, and the merchants' sales promotion efforts put people in an enthusiastic spirit to get out an consume.

Sam's Club, Wal-Mart's high-end membership store, is located in Chongchuan's Gangzha Economic Development Zone.

Mr. Zhang, who lives in Zhangjiagang, a county-level city that is governed by Suzhou, Jiangsu, paid a special visit to the store during the holiday season because he had previously experienced a long lockdown due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

Sam's Club recorded increases in both people flow and consumer spending during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. It also rolled out new products for individuals to choose from.