Spring 2022 can be described as one of "ups and downs" for the people of Shenzhen, a global tech metropolis in the southern province of Guangdong. While helping neighboring Hong Kong Special Administrative Region battle its fifth pandemic wave, Shenzhen itself has come face to face with an abrupt surge in COVID-19 infections, reporting 370 confirmed locally transmitted cases from March 6 to 16. All bus and subway systems were suspended, and businesses, except those providing essential services, were closed from March 14 to 20.