Xinhua Review: Always Adhere to the People First and Life First——One of a series of reviews on my country's three-year anti-epidemic practice
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 12, title: Always adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life - one of a series of reviews of my country's three-year anti-epidemic practice
Xinhua News Agency reporter
Life is more important than Mount Tai, and the interests of the people are above all else.
In the past three years since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, we have optimized and adjusted prevention and control measures according to the time and situation. People's life safety and health have been effectively protected, and major positive results have been achieved in coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development.
The virus mutates frequently, the situation is constantly evolving, and prevention and control strategies are constantly being adjusted. The people's supremacy and the supremacy of life have always been the most vivid background and truest portrayal of China's fight against the epidemic.
Responding to extraordinary events with extraordinary actions: always put the safety and health of the people first
On January 11, 2023, the intensive care unit of Wuhan Tongji Hospital.
In order to fully protect the medical needs of patients with the new crown, the number of critically ill beds in the hospital has nearly doubled from the original 546 to more than 1,000.
Check the vital signs of the patient, adjust the parameters of the ventilator, turn over, expel sputum, adjust the rate of fluid infusion...the medical staff are busy.
"In the three years of the epidemic, there have been too many changes, and some have remained the same." Recalling the extremely difficult "encounter" in 2020, Ran Xiao, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, said that compared with three years ago, the Olympic The pathogenicity of the Mikelon mutant strain is weakened, and we also have a deeper understanding of the virus, more choices of antiviral drugs, and richer experience in the treatment of new crowns.
What remains unchanged is the concept of not giving up every life, and the solemn commitment to put the people first and life first.
In Wuhan at that time, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the epidemic, we took extraordinary measures to deal with extraordinary events, and made every effort to protect the people's rights to life and health.
Taking improving the cure rate and reducing the mortality rate as the top priority, the most elite medical resources are concentrated where they are most needed, and "one person, one policy" is used for critical care. From babies born only 30 hours old to elderly people over 100 years old Give up every patient.
"I have witnessed 40,000 medical staff volunteering to go to Wuhan, 44,000 construction workers arrived in Wuhan within 3 days, and two huge hospitals were built within 10 days... The world should see China's efforts, and how China is different from others. The methods of other countries are responsible to the people.” Ke Wensi, a documentary director from the United Kingdom, said that he has lived in China for the past three years and “has always been a beneficiary of China’s efforts to protect people’s lives and health.”
From the decisive results achieved in the Wuhan Defense War and the Hubei Defense War, to the successful control of the epidemic caused by the Delta mutant strain, and then to the fight against the Omicron mutant strain; from the proposal of "early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment" , until the realization of "everything should be inspected, should be isolated, should be harvested, and should be cured"... We have avoided the large-scale spread of relatively strong pathogenic strains, delta mutant strains, etc., and extremely It has greatly reduced severe illness and death, and also won precious time for the preparation of vaccines, drug development and application, and medical resources.
Protecting the health and safety of the people is a consistent "Chinese plan" and an unchanging "Chinese philosophy".
At present, China's epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage, and the focus of work has shifted from infection prevention and control to health protection and severe disease prevention. It also helps to create conditions for the accelerated release of economic vitality and better guarantee normal production and living and medical and health needs.
"China has effectively responded to the impact of multiple waves of global epidemics, and the infection rate and death toll have remained at the lowest level in the world." Just as the first vice chairman of the Central Foreign Affairs Committee of the Cambodian People's Party, Sosyala, commented, China insists on the supremacy of the people, Life comes first, and it is timely and correct to introduce a series of optimization measures recently to ensure the safety of people's lives and provide convenience for people's lives.
Balance urgent needs with precise measures: strive to achieve maximum prevention and control effect with minimum cost
In the face of the epidemic of the century, the three are dialectically unified and indispensable for prevention, control and treatment, ensuring the normal life of the people, and ensuring the necessary economic and social operations.
Jianxiang New Village Community in Changsha, Hunan Province is a typical old community, and more than 60% of the residents are elderly residents.
Under the epidemic situation, many elderly people living alone are inconvenient to travel.
"I can't buy food and medicine if I don't go out, and I worry about 'yang' when I go out."
On December 26, 2022, 77-year-old community resident Grandma Li received meat, eggs, vegetables, and medicine from the "elderly help group" formed by community cadres, party member volunteers, etc., and solved her big problem.
There is no small matter in people's livelihood, and the branches and leaves are always related to love.
Always adhere to the people-centered development idea, and always anchor the biggest politics of the people's hearts, we hold the bottom line of people's livelihood and maintain the temperature of people's livelihood in the prevention and control of the epidemic, and strive to minimize the impact of the epidemic on people's livelihood, and achieve the goal at the lowest cost. Maximum control effect.
On January 5, 2023, the builders were constructing the B section of the Huadian Haijing Photovoltaic Project.
The Tianjin Huadian Haijing 1,000MW "salt-solar complementary" photovoltaic power generation project undertaken by the General Contracting Company of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau is progressing steadily, and the project is expected to be completed in April.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran
In the "encounter" stage of the epidemic, the whole country urgently mobilized, relying on strong comprehensive national strength, to carry out all-round manpower organization warfare, material support warfare, scientific and technological assault warfare, and resource movement warfare. Non-stop communication, non-stop supply of living materials, and social order are not chaotic", which made overseas Chinese lament "I can't imagine it".
During the period of normalized epidemic prevention and control, we regard stabilizing employment, stabilizing prices, and protecting people's livelihood as the bottom line that we must keep.
In the first 11 months of 2022, 11.45 million new urban jobs were created across the country, completing the annual target of 11 million; under the background of high global inflationary pressures, my country's consumer price index rose moderately by 2% year-on-year; grain production continued for 8 Maintained at more than 1.3 trillion catties per year...Employment is stable, prices are stable, food security, energy security and people's lives are effectively guaranteed, and the overall economic and social situation remains stable.
Over the past three years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, we have effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, not only protecting the lives and health of the people to the greatest extent, but also winning the battle against poverty and building a moderately prosperous society on schedule. Society, achieve a good start in the "14th Five-Year Plan", and embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.
It is very difficult to solve it with scientific strategies: adjust and optimize prevention and control policies to safeguard the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people
"As China's economy recovers from three years of the new crown epidemic, Beijing's streets are once again congested and tourists scramble to book holidays abroad, and companies expect business activity to pick up." The Financial Times reported on December 29, 2022.
Putting the people first and life first, we must not only protect the people's right to life and health, but also seize the initiative in development.
From January 8, 2023, the new crown virus infection will be adjusted from "Class B and A tubes" to "Class B and B tubes".
The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on December 27, 2022, to respond to relevant hot issues.
This is the scene of the press conference.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei
At about 0:17 on January 8, China Southern Airlines flight CZ312 from Toronto to Guangzhou successfully landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. This is the first international flight to land in the country after the implementation of the "Class B and B Management" overall plan and the implementation of the Civil Aviation Administration's new entry policy.
After the flight landed, the inbound personnel no longer implemented measures such as closed-loop transfer and centralized isolation. Passengers walked out of the arrival hall one after another and met their family and friends who came to greet them.
On January 8, my country implemented "Class B and B Control" for new coronavirus infection.
From the "Twenty Articles" to the "New Ten Articles" and then to "Class B and B Management", the adjustment and optimization of prevention and control policies is a timely and necessary step for scientific prevention and control, and it is also a better overall plan for epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. , A strategic and long-term move to safeguard the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people.
"I think the optimization and adjustment of China's epidemic prevention and control measures is very timely." El Salvador's ambassador to China, Alvarez, said, "According to the new situation of the current epidemic prevention and control, the new characteristics of virus variants and the reality of China, China based on scientific research and judgment Policy adjustments are necessary."
"The adjustment of the new crown virus infection to 'Class B and B control' is by no means to let it go, but to continue to strengthen management, services and guarantees." The relevant person in charge of the National Health and Health Commission said that the next step will be to pay attention to the preparation of medical treatment resources , Efforts should be made to ensure the demand for medicines of the masses, do a good job in the protection and treatment of key groups such as the elderly and children, strengthen the prevention and control of epidemics in rural areas, and strive to ensure the health and safety of the people.
Farmers in Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province drive a harvester to harvest wheat in the field (photographed on June 8, 2021).
Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Wu Jiquan)
While strengthening the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and ensuring a smooth transition, various regions and departments have adopted various positive measures to manage the transition period meticulously, so as to keep personnel busy, production hot, and confidence strong:
The postal express industry continues to strengthen the distribution capacity of the logistics terminal and increase the guarantee of smooth flow; the Ministry of Culture and Tourism optimizes the guidelines for epidemic prevention and control measures in tourist attractions, and air tickets, train tickets, and hotel reservations continue to rise; Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong and other places organize "Going overseas to attract investment" has promoted the steady recovery of the economy; the construction of major projects such as the country's largest single "salt-solar complementary" photovoltaic project has been accelerated; restaurants, cinemas and other offline venues have been opened one after another, and offline business popularity is gradually picking up...
On January 1, 2023, citizens check tickets to watch movies at the Capital Cinema in the Xidan business district of Beijing.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zhonghao
Dawn is ahead.
The epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage, upholding the concept of "people first, life first", and working harder, persistence is victory, and unity is victory.