Downtown areas

Another nightlife-festival site is the Anyi Road Night Market, a 250-meter lane located just a block away from the city's bustling West Nanjing Road.

Like the site on the Bund, this market was teeming with visitors.

"I knew there would be crowds, but I didn't expect so many people," says Tian Suyuan, who works at an IT company.

"But I found it to be a great place to hang out with friends and family as some indoor entertainment, such as movie theaters, haven't reopened yet."

The Anyi Road Night Market was launched by the Kerry Center with the support of Jing'an district in October. It also serves as a weekend market, with traffic through the site closed from Friday evening through Sunday.

Cai Junyi, a community manager of the Jing'an Kerry Center, says the market was upgraded when it reopened after the outbreak.

"During this summer month, we want to make the market a big garden and bring back the old flower market to the modern city," Cai says.

"The current theme is Green Escape, and we will change the theme of the night market every two months."