Donating medical supplies, online consulting platform, sharing Chinese experience with foreign aid experts
Chinese companies are not absent from global epidemic
On March 16th, 300,000 masks provided by Alibaba Public Welfare Foundation and Ma Yun Public Welfare Foundation arrived at Liege Airport, Belgium.
Photo by Zhang Hua, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
On the afternoon of March 20, the first batch of Fosun Foundation donated 2,300 pieces of British medical supplies arrived in London.
Photo courtesy of Fosun Group
On March 17, Chinese doctors are providing free online consultation services to overseas compatriots through the Wei Yi Global Anti-epidemic Platform.
Photo by Long Wei (People's Vision)
On March 18, a Chinese aid Iraqi expert group participated by Daan Gene was helping local medical staff to debug nucleic acid testing laboratory equipment in Baghdad, Iraq.
Xinhua News Agency
At present, the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic situation has changed. The domestic situation continues to improve, and the foreign situation is becoming increasingly severe. In response, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said recently that we will never forget the political support provided by the international community to China and the anti-epidemic materials provided by 79 countries and 10 international organizations to the Chinese people at the time of the worst outbreak in China. Donate. China is willing to continue to strengthen international cooperation with all parties in the fight against the epidemic, jointly address the challenges of the global pandemic, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Right now, batches of aid from China are being delivered to different places where the world needs them. Among these "foreign aid" teams, there are many Chinese companies.
"Aid China" Global Procurement "Aid Foreign" Give Back to the World
"Before, we supported China in purchasing materials globally, and now the epidemic is spreading globally. As a global company, it is time for us to fulfill our global responsibilities." This statement by Guo Guangchang, chairman of Fuxing International, represents many of the "foreign aid" "The voice of Chinese companies.
In the early days of the outbreak, Guo Guangchang had asked overseas teams to deliver medical supplies to the country at all costs. Fosun's industrial resources, which have been cultivated in the world for many years, come in handy at this moment. In just 10 hours, more than 240,000 sets of protective clothing and more than 200,000 medical masks purchased from France, Britain, Germany, Portugal, Japan, India and other places have been implemented. The first batch of 10,000 medical masks from Portugal was delivered to the country 60 hours later.
However, Guo Guangchang did not expect at that time, more than a month later, the materials on Fosun's global procurement channels “turned around” on the spot and began to be transported from China to overseas. On March 1, 36,000 pieces of protective supplies were urgently transported to Japan, and Fosun's "Global Assistance Plan" opened. 45,500 medical supplies for Italy, 22,000 medical supplies and 100,000 test reagents for South Korea, 2,300 medical supplies for Britain and 85,500 medical supplies for France were also delivered on March 20. Up.
Guo Guangchang believes that China is the second largest economy in the world and needs a group of global enterprises to integrate global resources. Global enterprises are also an important part of China's strategic resources and capabilities. "Global companies like Fosun should take the initiative to take responsibility and help the society, the country and the world."
Li Min is the person in charge of the Alibaba Cainiao network charter. More than a month ago, he personally received 125,000 sets of protective clothing donated by Japan. He and his colleagues traveled night and night to deliver supplies to more than 20 domestic first-line hospitals in urgent need of medical supplies. Three weeks later, Li Min was busy transporting supplies to Japan. Five 16.5-meter-long vans departed overnight from Tmall supermarket rookie Jiaxing, Zhejiang, to Shanghai. They were loaded with 1 million masks, and their ultimate destination was Japan. "They came without a word when we needed protective clothing the most, and now we should help them!"
Since March 2, the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation have donated several batches of masks and kits to Japan, South Korea, Iran, Italy, Spain, the United States, and Africa, the number of which has reached millions.
Economic globalization has made mankind more and more dependent on one another. The simple truths in this textbook have become real in the story of "Rescue and Reverse Rescue" time and time again.
On January 31, the domestic epidemic was urgent. Zhang Kangyang, chairman of Italy's Inter Milan Football Club and president of Suning International, announced that he would provide emergency support to 300,000 masks in Wuhan. On March 11, 10,000 cases were confirmed in Italy, and Suning International donated 300,000 first-aid masks to Italy.
"We hope to rely on the successful domestic epidemic prevention experience to help Italy quickly curb the spread of the epidemic." Zhang Kangyang said, "At the same time, we will also rely on Suning International's global supply chain procurement and continue to increase assistance to Italy."
The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility. As more and more Chinese companies grow into global companies, they are also taking on more "global" responsibilities.
Building a consulting platform to serve the global epidemic
"I am very worried about my city ..." At 2:40 am on March 16th, the "Weiyi Global Anti-epidemic Platform" launched by Weiyi Group received a special consultation. This information comes from a general practitioner named Luca Varcasia in Sassari, Province of Sardinia, Italy.
At this time, Italy has become the country with the worst epidemic in Europe, and the city of Sassari, where Luca is located, is the worst-affected area in the province. In order to better understand the epidemic situation, Luca began to search for information on the medical and epidemic prevention of New Coronary Pneumonia. At this time, the micro-medical global anti-epidemic platform (Chinese and English version) introduced by the Chinese Embassy in Italy entered Luca's vision.
He wrote down in detail the severe situation in Sassari and his colleagues' concerns about the protection of the epidemic, and sent a "request letter" across the sea to Chinese colleagues through the micro-medical platform. The micro-medical platform that received the help quickly contacted Luca and invited Zhao Lei, the chief physician of the infection department of Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital, to conduct a remote consultation for Italy.
Therefore, at 20 o'clock on March 18th, a dialogue between Chinese doctors and Italian colleagues across 7 time zones was launched on the Weiyi Global Epidemic Platform. Zhao Lei answered in detail seven epidemic prevention and control questions raised by Luca and colleagues. "The information that Dr. Zhao and Weiyi brought to me and my colleagues was 'pure gold' to us." Luca said after the consultation.
It is reported that Zhao Lei's "Chinese experience" imparted in the front line of Wuhan not only helped his Italian counterparts, but also users from nine other countries, including the Netherlands and India, also watched the live broadcast, with over 10,000 domestic and foreign viewers. As of 12:00 on March 24, Weiyi Global Epidemic Prevention Platform gathered a total of 7273 doctors to participate in international rescue, serving a total of 49438 consultants.
In the global anti-epidemic consultation platform established by Chinese companies, overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese students are important service targets. The "time difference" in the spread of the epidemic at home and abroad has caused "poor awareness" of the importance attached to prevention and control in different regions. Many overseas compatriots are very anxious about this.
In response to this situation, JD Health launched the "Global Free Health Consultation Platform", which specifically opened a psychological helpline. Overseas compatriots who experience tension, anxiety or compulsive symptoms during the epidemic can call the hotline at 400-622-6108 to enjoy free psychological counseling services.
In addition, JD.com also set up a "Traditional Chinese Medicine Anti-epidemic Zone" composed of more than 30 TCM experts. "Another way is to help more patients answer their questions and doubts, and use our professional guidance to manage their bodies, which is the responsibility of TCM people." Said Chen Songqin, a TCM physician who provides free consultation services on the JD platform. Through this platform, Chinese medicine, which played an important role in the prevention and control of domestic epidemics, has gone abroad and has effectively helped more overseas users.
"For more than two months, overseas compatriots have loved their motherland and donated money and materials to support the domestic epidemic. Today, the epidemic is spreading overseas, and loved ones living overseas are facing unprecedented challenges. We feel the same." Executive Officer Xin Lijun said, "In the next global epidemic prevention work, we will continue to combine new changes and new needs, continue to improve our products and services, and work with 60 million overseas compatriots and people around the world to overcome the difficulties and build for them Battle the Great Wall online. "
Deeply fighting the frontline of the epidemic to share China's experience
Of all China's foreign aid, the highest ranking is undoubtedly the dispatch of expert groups. The composition of the expert group is also very particular. It often includes Red Cross personnel, clinical treatment specialists, disease prevention and control specialists, language translation specialists, and medical enterprise experts.
Two Chinese companies have appeared in the China Aid Iraqi Expert Group: Shanghai Lianying and Daan Gene. Lianying is a high-end medical imaging equipment research and development enterprise in China. It has not only donated a "square cabin CT-emergency radiology department" that integrates equipment rooms, scanning rooms, CT, and disinfection equipment for Iraq. Its company's senior clinical training experts will also provide Iraq Local doctors provide training on knowledge of imaging techniques related to the outbreak. And Yang Honghui, director of technical services of Da'an Gene, brought a complete set of PCR laboratory equipment and consumables such as Da'an's new crown nucleic acid detection reagents, nucleic acid extraction instrument, and biological safety cabinet, totaling more than 100 boxes.
"Iraq has nucleic acid detection technology, but lacks the ability to apply the technology to the test. For example, basically every hospital in the country has a nucleic acid detection laboratory, but only the Baghdad Central Laboratory in Iraq can do nucleic acid detection." Yang Honghui said. Due to gaps in testing and limited testing capabilities, Iraq has difficulty in grasping the true status of the epidemic.
China's "moving" aid has come in handy: China has aided in building an entire nucleic acid testing laboratory for Iraq. "If you work 8 hours a day, the laboratory can test about 500 samples. If you work 24 hours a day, you can test 1,000 samples a day." Yang Honghui said that the laboratory aided by China has been put into use on March 25, which will affect Iraq. The Ministry of Health has played an important role in expanding the testing population and making up for loopholes in testing.
For Iraq, which has a weak medical system, improving detection capabilities is a top priority; for Italy, which has a good medical foundation, the Chinese expert team has selected Yang Huichuan, a Chinese blood product expert and vice president of Sinopharm China.
"The core task of my visit this time is to introduce China's experience in anti-epidemic diagnosis and treatment, especially to share the experience of recovering patients' plasma in the treatment of clinically critical patients." Yang Huichuan told reporters, "The Italian blood collection and supply institutions are relatively complete There are now more than 2,000 rehabilitated people, and there is a certain foundation for pulping. "
In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Chinese bio-scientists first proposed therapies for patients with severe crown infections treated with plasma from recoverers, and the treatment effect was affirmed by the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council. As of 14:00 on March 21, the 50 collection points set up by China Biological in China had collected more than 1,000 blood donations from the recovered. "The plasma of a recovered person can be used for the treatment of 2 to 3 patients on average," a staff member of China Biological told reporters. "This means that nearly 3,000 critically ill lives and thousands of families may regain hope as a result!"
According to Yang Huichuan, the Italian side is "very interested" in plasma therapies for the recovered. In Pavia, one of the worst northern cities in Italy, after communicating with the Chinese side, the University Hospital of Pavia is developing a plan for the collection and treatment of the plasma of the recovered. "Experts at the hospital are very grateful for this exchange." Yang Huichuan said, "In the next step, we will further strengthen exchanges and carry out closer cooperation, so that the plasma of the recovered can be used in the clinic as soon as possible to reduce the number of deaths.
Han Weizheng