Newspaper (Reporter Wang Shiqi Zhang Hui) A Lufthansa Cargo plane landed in Germany a few days ago. This plane was loaded with 40 boxes of "Faviravir" (formerly known as "made by Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical" Fapiravir "). This is the medicine donated by Hisun Pharmaceutical to the German doctor Thomas Rabe and his hospital for the response to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.

Thomas Rabe's family has a close relationship with China. More than 80 years ago, it was Thomas Rabe ’s grandfather John Rabe and several of his friends who bravely helped each other and saved 250,000 Chinese lives when the Japanese invaded China and occupied Nanjing.

His gift of medicine is to start with a letter. As the German epidemic intensified, related medicines became scarce. Not long ago, Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Ken received a letter from Thomas Rabe, a doctor at the Affiliated Hospital of Heidelberg University in Germany. "Thomas Labe begs China to provide Fapiravir for his hospital and himself and his family." Wu Ken recalled.

The global anti-epidemic is urgent. The Chinese Embassy in Germany immediately contacted the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to find the company that produced the drug, Hisun Pharmaceutical. In 2016, Hisun Pharmaceutical obtained the exclusive patent authorization of the drug in China. In February this year, the drug was officially put into production.

Jiang Guoping, chairman of Hisun Pharmaceutical, introduced that on March 21, the company received a dispatch note from the medical supplies guarantee group of the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council. "Mr. Rabe asked for 10 boxes of medicine. We decided to increase the donation to 40 boxes. At the same time, we added English instructions and Chinese clinical data in the box of the medicine, hoping to provide them with more help." .

This is a mutual assistance that spans over 80 years. In 1937, the Japanese invasion of China created the tragic "Nanjing Massacre", the German Siemens company arranged for the evacuation early, but John Rabe, the employee in China, decided to stay in Nanjing and established a security zone with other international friends, about 250,000 Chinese civilians took refuge here.

Time flies and the friendship between Chinese and German friends is still continuing. Since the outbreak, there have been many stories of China and Germany helping each other and fighting against the epidemic. In the early days of China's fight against the epidemic, Germany had aided China with medical supplies and sent experts to Wuhan for scientific research cooperation. "The more difficult it is, the more we can show that our Chinese nation is a grateful nation." Wu Ken said.