[Explanation] 2021 coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. The Hong Kong Hospital Authority will hold the 2021 seminar from May 3 to 4 to promote the exchange of new medical knowledge and experience in the industry.

The guests present on the day included Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ma Xiaowei, Director of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, and Fan Hongling, Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

　　[Commentary] The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, delivered a speech at the Hospital Authority Seminar, saying that the Hong Kong medical system played an important role during the epidemic.

She also criticized a small group of people for ignoring threats to public safety, discrediting "domestic" vaccines, and constantly cracking down on anti-epidemic efforts.

In order to counter this misleading information, the SAR government has maintained a high degree of transparency during the anti-epidemic period and will continue to use propaganda to restore social trust.

　　[Concurrent] Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

　　During the COVID-19 pandemic, our medical system provided us with very good services.

Hong Kong is one of the few in the world where public hospitals and related facilities, isolation and treatment are places where every COVID-19 patient receives proper care.

However, a small group of people continue to crack down on the government's efforts to fight the epidemic, including criticizing the implementation of the national community test in September last year, or slandering the vaccine in the Mainland.

　　[Commentary] Ma Xiaowei said in a video speech that the central government is highly concerned about the epidemic in Hong Kong and has also assisted Hong Kong in improving its detection capabilities. Through the efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the number of confirmed diagnoses in Hong Kong has returned to a low level. Local personnel exchanges normally.

　　[Concurrent] Ma Xiaowei, Director of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China

　　Hong Kong has a mature public health system, high-quality medical and health resources, and a high-level health talent team. Under the guidance of the SAR government and through unremitting efforts, Hong Kong’s daily reported new cases have returned to low levels. We look forward to Hong Kong’s early realization of “zero clearance” The purpose is to restore normal personnel exchanges with the Mainland.

　　[Explanation] Fan Hongling expressed his gratitude to the central government and the SAR government for their support, including the construction of a temporary hospital and the Hong Kong Infection Control Center, to reduce the impact on the normal services of the Hospital Authority. Otherwise, the Hospital Authority will not be able to fight the epidemic.

　　[Concurrent] Fan Hongling, Chairman of the Hospital Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government

　　Our Hospital Authority expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the central government and the SAR government for their firm support. Without their support, this task would be impossible, including airport medical testing facilities and temporary hospitals (now known as North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infections). Control Center) and assist in the construction of the Hong Kong Infection Control Center to reduce the impact on the normal services of the HA, otherwise the HA will not be able to fight the epidemic.

In addition, even though the SAR government still allocates more than HK$80 billion to the HA even in the face of a fiscal deficit, an increase of 4.7%, the HA has assured the SAR government and the public that it will properly use the relevant funding.

　　Reporter Liang Yuan from Hong Kong

Editor in charge: [Wang Yu]