[Explanation] In recent days, the epidemic of new crown pneumonia has spread worldwide. On March 29th local time, the cumulative number of diagnoses in the Netherlands exceeded 10,000, making it the 11th country in the world to have 10,000 new cases of pneumonia. Recently, a reporter from China News Agency interviewed Xu Hong, the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, and asked him to introduce the current situation of overseas Chinese and overseas students in the Netherlands.

[Concurrent] Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Xu Hong

There are about 170,000 overseas Chinese in the Netherlands, including nearly 10,000 Chinese students. The overall situation is still good. At present, only one international student has been found to be positive for New Coronary Pneumonia (virus). Of course, they also face great pressure. For example, many of us overseas Chinese are engaged in catering. During the epidemic, all restaurants were closed, and their business could not be carried out, so they would be under great economic pressure. Well, as a student, all schools are closed now, and there are some internships in the experimental courses that cannot be carried out, which will have some impact on learning.

[Explanation] Xu Hong said that since the outbreak, the Chinese embassy has always given top priority to protecting overseas Chinese students in the Netherlands. He introduced that the Chinese embassy has maintained close communication with the Netherlands through government channels for the past few days to ensure the safety and health of Chinese citizens in the Netherlands.

[Concurrent] Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Xu Hong

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a special statement when he spoke with the Dutch Foreign Minister, hoping that the Netherlands can guarantee the health and safety of Chinese citizens in the Netherlands, and provide appropriate medicine and medical protection. The Netherlands also made a clear commitment That is, overseas Chinese and foreign students in the Netherlands can enjoy the same protection as Dutch citizens in terms of medical services. The embassy also maintains close communication with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Health and various medical departments to ensure the smooth flow of relevant information.

[Explanation] Xu Hong introduced that recently the ambassador also cooperated with local overseas Chinese delegations, academic federations and other organizations to inform the overseas Chinese students in the Netherlands through various channels, provide psychological counseling, telemedicine and other services, and issue medical supplies to meet their needs. Epidemic prevention needs.

[Concurrent] Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Xu Hong

Including through the embassy's website, public number, and our relevant departments, direct exchanges with overseas Chinese delegations, and the International Student Union, inform them about the situation in the Netherlands and the epidemic prevention situation, provide them with some relevant psychological counseling programs, and ( China) Some online telemedicine service platforms in China. The embassy has made great efforts, including purchasing a part of itself (medical supplies), mobilizing Chinese-funded enterprises and raising some masks and disinfection water from (China) to provide them. To issue "health packs" to students, considering that our students are scattered. In different cities, in order to prevent them from taking public transportation, there is a risk. Therefore, our embassy specially dispatches people to drive and deliver these materials to them. .

[Explanation] Xu Hong said that despite the difficulties, the overseas Chinese and the foreign students united and helped each other, and on the basis of strengthening their own epidemic prevention, they also donated donations to local medical institutions to help the Dutch people fight the epidemic together.

[Concurrent] Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Xu Hong

Because in the Netherlands our Chinese people are all from one family and are involved in all walks of life, some are engaged in catering, some are engaged in supermarkets, and some are medical workers, so we have integrated these resources. Once needed, we can Help each other within their own resources. For international students, they also set up some mutual help groups in different provinces. They use WeChat to understand and track the situation of each classmate and provide personalized services. Various overseas Chinese groups actively keep in touch with the relevant provinces in the country and raise anti-epidemic materials. In addition to meeting their own needs, they also actively donate to local medical institutions.

[Explanation] Regarding the question of whether overseas Chinese students should return to China, Xu Hong said that with the epidemic situation becoming more and more clear, most people's most anxious time period has passed. At present, most of the overseas Chinese and overseas students have a more peaceful mentality. , Choose to stay at home in the Netherlands to prevent epidemics.

[Concurrent] Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Xu Hong

Because in the first aspect, after all, the medical conditions in the Netherlands and its level of epidemic prevention are still relatively high, and there should be a basic trust in this. Secondly, if you want to return to China, everyone knows on the road that there will be some risk of cross infection on the road, and you will also need to be quarantined after returning to the country, etc. There are other inconvenient situations. Therefore, everyone still feels that in this place, as long as personal epidemic prevention is done and attention is paid to personal safety, the risks are not particularly great.

Reporter Fan Siyi reports

Editor-in-chief: [Liu Xian]