Visitors at the same museum can scan a QR code to access digital guidance for exhibits as tourist guides are not yet available.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Different places have also drafted their own guidance for the step-by-step resumption of operation by these institutions. As the guidance of the National Cultural Heritage Administration points out, its reopening policy is not "ubiquitous", but to "make tailored plans to specific museums".

In Shanghai, the list includes major museums and memorials such as Shanghai Museum, the Memorial for the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and Shanghai Songhu Memorial Hall for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Shanghai Museum began to receive visitors on Friday. Up to 2,000 visitors are allowed per day. Visitors wear masks and keep distance of at least 1.5 meters from each other after entering the venue. Those whose body temperature is above 37.3 C will not be allowed in.

A daily cap of 1,000 people has been set at the Memorial for the Site of the First National Congress of the CPC. Only 50 are permitted into the memorial at the same time.

All people entering these museums in Shanghai need to register on suishenma, a real-name digital platform that uses QR codes to record personal health condition information for the museum staff to scan during check-in.

In Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, all city-level museums have resumed operation, setting a daily cap of visitors as"50 percent of their maximum capacity". The provincial-level Nanjing Museum, also one of the largest museums in the country, is scheduled to open on Thursday. It plans to allow 2,500 people to visit in the morning and in the afternoon, respectively. Visitors are suggested to stay in the museum for "no more than 2 hours".