Chinese society unites together to battle against novel coronavirus
By People’s Daily
China has mobilized all resources available to battle
against the novel coronavirus. In the race against the virus, all society
members are united as one, supporting the country’s epidemic prevention and
control so as to finally overcome the difficulties with concerted efforts.
At present, finance departments at various levels are
strengthening financial support for epidemic prevention and control. Governments
are supporting local enterprises to deliver assistance to places in need of
help. Medical corporations are working day and night to produce medical
materials and develop anti-virus drugs. The whole society is donating supplies
and money for epidemic control with strong enthusiasm.
As of Feb. 3, finance departments at various levels have
allocated a total of 47 billion yuan in subsidies for the prevention and
control of the epidemic. The money has been mainly used for treating patients,
subsidizing medical staffs and epidemic prevention workers, and purchasing
equipment needed for epidemic prevention and control and rapid diagnostic
reagents.
In addition to the financial support, customs and civil
aviation departments have also acted to ensure the curbing of the virus.
According to customs statistics, from Jan. 24 to Feb. 2,
customs across the country imported 240 million pieces of epidemic prevention
and control materials in 94,000 batches with a total value of 810 million yuan.
Protective equipment including 220 million pieces of masks, 2.529 million
pieces of protective suits, and 279,000 pairs of goggles, which was worth 610
million yuan, accounted for 74.9 percent of the imports.
As the forefront of the battle against the epidemic, customs
of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport inspected and released 7.77 million
pieces of imported epidemic prevention and control materials in 22 batches by
Feb.1.
At present, Chinese customs have set up special service
counters and green channels at customs clearance sites across the country to
provide convenient and efficient customs clearance services for epidemic
prevention and control materials, so as to help the country get through the
difficulty.
By Feb. 2, a total of 4,330 flights have delivered 604,563
pieces of protective materials such as masks, protective suits and
disinfectants weighing 4,671.54 tons. Among them, 138 flights headed to Hubei,
delivering 192,475 pieces of prevention and control materials weighing 1,213.62
tons.
At the same time, the civil aviation authority actively
coordinated various airlines, transporting 7,558 medics and bringing 399
Chinese stranded overseas back home by charter flights.
Affected by the epidemic, some enterprises encountered
temporary difficulties in production and operation.
To solve the issue, various provinces and cities in China
have successively introduced relevant measures to support the healthy
development of these enterprises and those engaged in the production of
anti-epidemic materials.
On Feb.3, the Beijing municipal government issued relevant
measures to assist enterprises to guarantee the supply of protective materials
and raw materials, as well as logistics and transportation. The measures are
also expected to supervise and guide enterprises to ensure smooth operation and
safety.
Binzhou, east China’s Shandong Province, formulated twelve
policies to support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs). The municipal finance department raised 30 million yuan to establish a
financial stability fund for the SMEs to get through the epidemic, and provided
bridging funds for enterprises that see short-term difficulties of capital
turnover to repay and renew loans on time.
North China’s Hebei Province has coordinated and organized a
total of 142 key logistics parks and enterprises to guarantee the supply of
daily necessities. All of them are actively preparing and transporting
materials to guarantee market supply.
In addition, people from all walks of life have been
donating materials and money to support the fight against the virus with rising
enthusiasm.
As of 7:00 a.m. Feb. 3, the Red Cross Society of northwest
China’s Qinghai Province received donations totaling 37.58 million yuan,
including 35.08 million yuan of monetary donations and materials worth 2.5
million yuan. On the same day, Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. based in south
China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced to donate 30 million yuan to
support the autonomous region, as well as Liuzhou, Fangchenggang, and Yulin
under its administration.
Pharmaceutical companies across China also gave a quick
response in a united manner.
Up to now, more than 40 biomedical companies in the Beijing
Economic-Technological Development Area have participated in the fight against
the novel coronavirus, and the products developed by more than 20 companies
have been directly used for epidemic prevention and control.
Four antiviral drug production enterprises in Shijiazhuang,
Hebei Province, including Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.,
Shijiazhuang No.4 Pharmaceutical, Yiling Pharmaceutical, and Shineway
Pharmaceutical have been running at full capacity to produce medical materials.
They have expanded their daily output by 2 to 3 times.
As of Feb. 2, 15 medical and health material manufacturing companies
in the city produced 36,600 pieces of surgical masks, 4.4 million pieces of
protective masks, and 95,000 pieces of isolation suits. These medical supplies
have offered strong support for national epidemic prevention and control.
Hubei Province started using helicopters to ensure smooth and timely transportation of emergency supplies since Feb. 1, 2020. The first helicopter transporting medical materials to Xiangyang arrived at 16:33. The materials were distributed to medial institutions by the Xiangyang branch of the Sinopharm Group. (Photo by Wang Hu from People’s Daily
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