Though the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow over the coastal city of Qingdao, city life remains orderly.

In recent days, 13 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Qingdao. The city has responded by carrying out citywide nucleic acid testing on all nine million of its residents within five days.

A meteor streaks across the night sky at the Aishan Observatory in Qingdao at 1:00 am. [Photo by Zhou Kun/dailyqd.com]

Daxue Road, a bustling scenic spot during the day, is empty by two o'clock in the morning. [Photo by Liu Dong/dailyqd.com]

Medics treat a patient in the emergency room of the People's Hospital in Chengyang district, Qingdao at 3:00 am. [Photo/dailyqd.com]

At four o'clock, the Qingdao New Qianwan Container Terminal waits for the start of another busy day. [Photo by Song Xinhua/dailyqd.com]

At five o'clock, the sun rises and the city begins to wake up. [Photo by Tang Jie/dailyqd.com]

Residents buy vegetables at the morning market on Gutian Road in Shinan district, Qingdao at 6 o'clock. [Photo by Song Xinhua/dailyqd.com]