China News Service, Beijing, February 26th: China, Japan, and South Korea play the epidemic to build the foundation of East Asia's community of destiny

China News Agency reporter Ma Jiajia

The epidemic has no borders, and the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic constitutes a common threat to human destiny. Recently, the situation of epidemic prevention in Japan and South Korea has been anxious, becoming the country with the most confirmed cases except China. For a time, China, Japan, and South Korea were on the front line of the war. In the face of this menacing epidemic, only uniting and cooperating to build the foundation of a community of shared destiny can be the victory device for the "outbreak" in the Three Asian Wars.

World Health Organization Director-General Tan Desai bluntly stated that in the face of the epidemic challenge, we should be united, united or united. This is especially true in East Asia, which is geographically close and has close economic and cultural exchanges.

Looking back, the cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea in the field of public health has both institutional framework support and historical experience to follow. From the signing of a joint action plan on the prevention of infectious diseases by China, Japan, and South Korea, to the coordinated actions in response to SARS and Ebola, to the negotiation and treatment of respiratory syndrome in the Middle East, the three countries are in the field of public health and infectious disease prevention and control. Many cooperation foundations are solid and the response mechanism is relatively mature.

Focusing on the moment, since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the three countries of China, Japan, and South Korea have practiced the tradition of "watching each other and helping the times overcome difficulties" as close neighbors. The Chinese government has adopted the most comprehensive, strictest and most thorough prevention and control measures in a highly responsible manner towards the people and the international community. While fighting the epidemic, China, Japan, and South Korea communicated and coordinated from multiple levels, including the government, political parties, and non-governmental organizations, and interacted well. From Seoul's assistance to China's sister cities, to Nagoya's donations of warm-hearted poems, and to China's "invest me for peaches and return to Qiong Yao" in return. The action of the three countries to fight the "epidemic" is not only the empathy of friendly neighbors in the same storm, but also reflects the value identity shared by East Asian culture, and further explains the spirit of the community of human destiny.

The impact of the new crown virus on countries once again shows that in the era of globalization, "you have me, you have me", humankind has become a community of shared destinies with various interests. In the face of the "epidemic" of war, the three countries, China, Japan, and South Korea, used actions to explain their responsibilities in the East Asian community of shared destiny. The pandemic is ruthless. Only by taking the opportunity to fight the epidemic together and taking a longer-term view to continue to strengthen in-depth cooperation in the field of public health is the key to turning the "epidemic" into "danger" and "opportunity".

When mutual assistance and cooperation have become the mainstream public opinion of all countries, despite the occasional "exclusion" murmurs, people still believe that "isolation" and "discrimination" are harmful and useless. No one can "watch the fire from the shore" and "stand alone" in the face of common global challenges. ". Not only China, Japan, and South Korea, but for the world, to fight the epidemic that affects the safety and security of peoples in all countries, only unity and cooperation can build the foundation of a community of shared destiny. Only by promoting cooperation through crisis and turning challenges into power can we maintain countries in the long run. The common well-being of the people. (Finish)