All students in Beijing's elementary and middle schools returned to school on September 7. /VCG

The first batch of some 590,000 students returned to school in Beijing on August 29, with a staggered timetable and COVID-19 confinement measures in place. /VCG

According to the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing has dispatched more than 1,000 inspectors to instruct elementary and secondary schools to help with COVID-19 precautionary work before the start of the fall semester. /VCG