China News Service, April 11 (Xinhua) According to a report by the European Union of Europe, the European Union News Agency reported that on April 10 local time, representatives of the overseas Chinese community in Milan sent a special gift to the city government of Milan in the anti-epidemic city. The 300,000 medical masks purchased by a family of overseas Chinese were donated to the Milan municipal government to express the support of the vast number of overseas Chinese living in Milan to fight the epidemic.
Song Xuefeng, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate in Milan, and Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala attended the donation ceremony and delivered speeches. Consul Meng Rui, Consul Liu Yuanchen, Chinese Consulate General in Milan, and representatives of Milan Overseas Chinese Zhu Jinliang, Zhou Jianhuang, Song Shengzhong, Rao Junmei, Zhao Huanqing, Hu Ximao, etc. participated in the donation ceremony. They donated materials to the Milan city government on behalf of more than 3,000 overseas Chinese families. Mayor Sarah accepted the donation on behalf of the municipal government and expressed heartfelt respect and gratitude to the overseas Chinese.
Zhu Jinliang, secretary general of the Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Milan, said that from February 21, the first confirmed case of new pneumonia was found in Lombardy. In just a few weeks, Lombardy has become the most severe area in Italy. The vast majority of overseas Chinese are anxious in their eyes.
Zhu Jinliang said that on March 3, the Overseas Chinese Community of Milan and the Milan Chinese Assist Center initiated the "Giving Italy" charitable donation activity and issued a donation initiative to the Chinese community, which received a positive response from the vast number of overseas Chinese and Chinese communities. Overseas Chinese compatriots using their own WeChat platform to actively mobilize overseas Chinese compatriots and relatives and friends to donate together immediately became a warm stream of dedication to the country of residence.
Representatives of the overseas Chinese community in Milan attended the donation ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Italy Euronet / Overseas Chinese Mission)
According to statistics, as of March 20, a total of 3162 overseas Chinese families participated in the donation. According to the development needs of the Italian epidemic, the overseas Chinese community in Milan decided to purchase all 300,000 surgical masks from this donation and donate them to the Milan municipal government.
It is reported that the 3,162 families of the overseas Chinese families who came to Milan donated materials and participated in it. The integration of overseas Chinese and Chinese people helped the second hometown to overcome the epidemic as soon as possible and convey the solidarity of love, expressing the Chinese overseas Chinese and the local people together in the same boat. A firm conviction and determination to overcome difficulties.
Milan Mayor Sarah said that during the epidemic, the Chinese community continued to provide various assistance to the Milan city government and medical institutions and made outstanding contributions. Overseas Chinese are never absent when Milan is facing difficulties. The municipal government will distribute the materials to the police, sanitation workers and other groups as well as ordinary citizens in need as soon as possible.
Consul General Song Xuefeng spoke highly of the overseas Chinese ’s act. He said that this donation was another action of the overseas Chinese community in the consular district to support the local anti-epidemic, which was touching but not unexpected. These ordinary overseas Chinese love the city of Milan as much as they love their hometown, and are willing to fight for it, dedicate it, and pray for it.
Song Xuefeng pointed out that this donation is not only the love and charitable act of the vast number of overseas Chinese, but also a true manifestation of the commonality, mutual assistance and adversity of the two peoples. The epidemic has no borders. I believe that the people of China and Italy will work together to fight against the epidemic and will win the final victory. (Boyuan)