SOURCE / ECONOMY Chinese shoppers show confidence in precautions By GT staff reporters Published: Mar 17, 2021 09:28 PM Norwegian salmon sold at a supermarket in China. Photo: Courtesy of the Norwegian Seafood Council China's imported cold-chain food industry, once a center of attention over repeated COVID-19 cases, is bouncing back after a surge of consumption during and after the Chinese Spring Festival. Salmon from Norway and cherries from Chile are popular once again, another example of how the country's market is recovering. Several traders and retailers that the Global Times reached on Wednesday said that business hit bottom in the second half of last year, but now sales are picking up in restaurants and stores, and a full recovery is expected in the second half of the year.