"As a member of the Communist Party of China with more than 30 years of party experience and a medical staff of more than 40 years, I am not old at heart. In this epidemic prevention and control, I always listen to the call of the party organization, and always prepare to be on the front line of anti-epidemic, in order to defeat the epidemic. Fight for the virus!" This is a paragraph written by Yang Yinwei, deputy secretary of the Fifth Party Branch of the Zhujiajiao People's Hospital in Qingpu District, in the anti-epidemic application.

　　Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the vast number of retired cadres and old party members in Shanghai have actively supported the fight against the epidemic, participated in voluntary actions for epidemic prevention and control as much as possible, and joined hands with serving party members and cadres to fight the epidemic, demonstrating the vanguard and exemplary role and responsibility of old party members.

　　Yang Yinwei took the initiative to report to the community where he lived as soon as possible.

During the closure and control of the community, she shuttled between buildings as a community anti-epidemic volunteer, helping residents with limited mobility to successfully complete three nucleic acid samples, and assisting the staff of the neighborhood committee to distribute antigen self-test kits.

After the community was unblocked, he took the initiative to participate in the training in the hospital, and finally passed the assessment successfully. He officially became a member of the nucleic acid sampling site in the outpatient clinic of the hospital, and shared the heavy nucleic acid sampling work with colleagues, showing the bright red character of an old party member.

　　"White clothes and armor, this time in the cabin, I have a deeper understanding of these four words." said Deng Renhui, an old party member.

As a chief physician of internal medicine, Deng Renhui did not hesitate to sign up when he learned that there was a shortage of medical staff ahead.

Although his physical strength was not as good as before, he still persuaded his wife and daughter to "go out" resolutely.

The makeshift hospital where he fought has treated about 1,500 asymptomatic patients.

The working environment in the polluted area is very difficult. There is only one desk and no chair in the office. I wear two layers of isolation gowns, face shields, and three or four layers of gloves. It is very challenging to work, and my fingers have been strangled several times. , then quickly knead with the other hand.

　　In early March, after learning that the community was recruiting volunteers, 81-year-old retired cadre Yu Meiying signed up.

She has been a building team leader for 10 years and is familiar with the residents of the community.

For the first nucleic acid sampling in the community, she put on "Dabai" and officially took up her job. Although she was tightly wrapped in protective clothing, her white hair was still not hidden.

Many residents recognized her.

Under her leadership, more than 10 residents in the community also signed up to be volunteers that day.

　　Wang Cuizhen, the retired secretary of the fourth branch of the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, won the honorary title of "Advanced Individual for Retired Cadres in Shanghai" in 2019.

Usually she is enthusiastic about public welfare, and is also the representative of the community owner, the building team leader and a volunteer.

After the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, Wang Cuizhen took the lead in becoming a front-line volunteer.

The community where she lives is an old multi-storey community with 7 floors without elevators. Most of the residents are middle-aged and elderly people, as well as tenants. Wang Cuizhen ran up and down, led the establishment of a WeChat group, and quickly organized the residents of the building.

Knowing that a resident's diabetes and heart disease would soon be discontinued, Wang Cuizhen immediately coordinated with the neighborhood committee, and contacted various parties to solve the problem.

Wang Cuizhen had a back injury, but she insisted on working with volunteers to distribute supplies from house to house from the 1st to the 7th floor. The old injury recurred, and she continued to work with plaster.

　　"I am an old party member with a party experience of 47 years, and an old political and legal person who has worked on the political and legal front for more than 50 years. I am familiar with grass-roots governance work. At this time, the party member should go first!" Zhou Weihang, a retired cadre at the deputy bureau level of the Shanghai Municipal Political and Legal Committee Over the age of seventy, seeing the severe prevention and control situation, the community anti-epidemic volunteers worked all night and were exhausted. They could not resist the impulse of an old party member to charge into the battle. After the nucleic acid test in the community was completed, they immediately signed up and turned into anti-epidemic volunteers on the spot. , became the oldest party member in the volunteer team.

Since then, in the team maintaining the order of nucleic acid testing in the community and distributing prevention and control materials, next to the phone to listen to the needs of residents, and on the way to serve the "last 100 meters" of the masses, this old party member is indispensable.

　　The sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia caused the Dazhong Riverside Community Property Company in Changshou Road Street to close down.

At the critical moment, at the call of the general party branch of Yejiazhai residential area, Guo Zhiqiang, director of the community property committee and retired party member, came forward and summoned more than a dozen retired and in-service party members in the building to form a "temporary property" with 6 property employees. Shared the workload that would have required 44 people to complete.

Guo Zhiqiang led retired party members Lu Bokang, Zhao Shuhua and young party members to maintain order at the nucleic acid sampling site.

Guo Cifu, an elderly party member, took the initiative to serve the building where he was located, knocking on the door floor by floor to notify the inspection.

The 75-year-old building team leader Xiao Minghua also signed up as a volunteer together with his wife Wang Zhihua.

This "temporary property" team handles routine work with ease, and is decisive and neat in the face of emergencies, coordinating the handling of entry and exit permits, helping residents with sudden illnesses to get medical care in time, contacting Changshou Road Police Station with road passes, and helping a baby with only eight A month-old family received "rations" milk powder from Pudong.

Volunteers also deliver vegetables to the residents of the community, deliver express delivery for the residents, and work in the property office...

　　During the special period, the vast number of retired cadres gave full play to their own advantages, did their best to shine, and responded to and defeated the epidemic with a high-spirited state, an optimistic attitude, and a scientific method, helping Shanghai to win the tough battle of epidemic prevention and control.

Lu Shunying, a veteran party member of the retired party branch of the Changzheng Township, wrote in "A Letter to Old Friends": "Dear old friends, our party and government are trying every means and mobilizing all forces to help Our common people have solved one practical difficulty after another. With the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the courageous participation of the majority of Party members, and the selfless dedication of countless volunteers, our fight against the epidemic will surely be victorious." (Cao Lingjuan)