Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 2-Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, State President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the scientific research on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia in Beijing on the 2nd, representing the party ’s central government to the vast number of scientific and technological workers struggling in the field of epidemic prevention and control Express my heartfelt thanks and sincere greetings. He emphasized that science and technology are the most powerful weapon for human beings to fight against diseases, and that human beings must overcome scientific disasters and technological innovations to overcome major disasters and epidemics. It is necessary to take scientific research on the prevention and control of New Crown Pneumonia as a major and urgent task, integrate multidisciplinary forces, unified leadership and coordinated advancement, accelerate research and development progress based on adherence to science and ensure safety, and overcome key difficulties in epidemic prevention and control as soon as possible. The issue provides strong scientific and technological support for winning the epidemic, preventing and controlling the people's war, general war, and blocking war.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, Xi Jinping first came to the Military Medical Research Institute to hear the general report of the research on the scientific research of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and to understand the vaccine and antibody development, drug screening, virus pathogenic mechanism research, and rapid detection in combination with display panels and physical objects. Progress in reagent research and application. In the instrument test building, Xi Jinping inspected the major epidemic emergency prevention and control drug research laboratory and expressed his sincere condolences to the front-line experts and scientific researchers who persisted in their posts and worked hard to solve the problem. He emphasized that the key to improving the cure rate, reducing the mortality rate, and ultimately defeating the epidemic depends on technology. Xi Jinping pointed out that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Military Medical Research Institute has resolutely implemented the decision-making instructions of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, and has been moving quickly to focus on the emergency scientific research. It has achieved staged results and fully demonstrated the loyalty of the People ’s Army to the Party. , Loyal to the people's political character and good style of dare to fight tough battles. Xi Jinping hopes that they will make persistent efforts, give full play to the role of commandos and main forces, and develop safe and effective vaccines, drugs, and testing reagents as soon as possible to fully meet the needs of fighting the epidemic. We must persist in tackling key problems in traceable, diagnosable, preventable, treatable, and controllable epidemic situations. By fighting this hard battle, we must master more core technologies with independent intellectual property rights, develop more hard-core products, and protect the people. Make greater contributions to the safety of life and physical health and the maintenance of national strategic security.

After leaving the Academy of Military Medicine, Xi Jinping came to Tsinghua University School of Medicine to investigate and investigate. He has walked into the Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Center, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Detection Technology and Instruments, and informed experts in detail about the development of innovative drugs and the development of new detection reagents and detection equipment, and watched the ongoing enzymes. ELISA. Xi Jinping pointed out that there are two fronts in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, one is the front line of epidemic prevention and control, and the other is scientific research and material production. The two fronts must cooperate and fight side by side. Xi Jinping hopes that they will strengthen their cooperation with the front, organize lean forces and urgent matters, and speed up the development of new detection reagents, antibody drugs, vaccines and diagnosis and treatment programs. Xi Jinping emphasized that China is a large country with a population of more than 1.4 billion. Preventing and resolving major outbreaks and major public health risks is always a matter we must not relax. It is necessary to improve the national major epidemic surveillance network, improve the legal and regulatory system, increase cutting-edge technological research and training of advanced talents, and improve China's ability and level to respond to major public health emergencies as soon as possible.

Subsequently, Xi Jinping hosted a symposium at the Tsinghua University School of Medicine to hear reports from the Ministry of Science and Technology on the nationwide drug and vaccine research and development work, and the National Health and Health Commission's summary of effective clinical application experience and effective diagnosis and treatment programs.

After listening to the report, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He pointed out that since the outbreak, the national scientific and technological front has actively responded to the call of the Party Central Committee, and relevant departments have formed scientific research groups to determine the five major areas of clinical treatment and medicine, vaccine research and development, testing technology and products, viral etiology and epidemiology, and animal model construction. The main direction is to organize an interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research team. The scientific research, clinical, and prevention and control front-line cooperation is coordinated. The industry, university, and research institutes cooperate closely. Positive progress has been made in just over a month, which has provided a powerful force for epidemic prevention and control Technology support. In this major struggle, the vast number of scientific and technological workers have fully demonstrated the excellent style of hard work and dedication, and the professional spirit of rigorous and realistic. At present, hard work is needed to win the People's War, the General War, and the Blockade of the epidemic. The more we face this situation, the more we must insist on asking answers and methods from science.

Xi Jinping emphasized that it is the top priority and top priority to save the lives of more patients as much as possible. It is necessary to strengthen the combination of research and development of drugs, medical equipment and clinical treatment to effectively increase the cure rate and reduce the mortality rate. It is necessary to strengthen the deployment of scientific research support and service front-line treatment, adhere to the synergy of clinical research and clinical treatment, and allow scientific research results to be more inclined to the clinical front-line. To speed up the process of drug development, adhere to the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine, use of traditional Chinese and western medicine, accelerate the promotion and application of effective drugs that have been developed and screened, and at the same time screen a batch of effective treatment drugs according to the needs of first-line treatment, explore new treatment methods, and try to prevent Symptomatic patients turned into severe cases. It is necessary to adopt advanced treatment methods such as plasma, stem cells and monoclonal antibodies during the recovery period to improve the treatment of critical and critical illness.

Xi Jinping pointed out that as a special product for healthy people, vaccines are very important for epidemic prevention and control, and safety requirements are also the first. It is necessary to accelerate the development of vaccines with multiple existing technical routes, while closely monitoring the progress of foreign research and development, strengthening cooperation, and striving to promote clinical trials and marketing of vaccines as soon as possible. It is necessary to promote the organic connection of vaccine research and development and the industrialization chain, accelerate the establishment of an enterprise-based vaccine research and development and industrialization system, establish a national vaccine reserve system, and make good preparations for possible normalization prevention and control work .

Xi Jinping emphasized the need to coordinate research on virus traceability and its transmission, use the combination of viral proteins and different receptors, assess the possibility of suspicious animals as intermediate hosts, and use new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to conduct epidemiological and traceability investigations , To find out where the source of disease comes from, and to improve accuracy and screening efficiency.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the psychological rehabilitation of patients requires a process. Many people who have been isolated at home for a long time will produce psychological problems of one kind or another, and the families of the patients also need psychological counseling. We must attach great importance to their mental health and mobilize all forces to comprehensively strengthen psychological counseling.

Xi Jinping emphasized that major infectious diseases and biosafety risks are major risks and challenges that are related to national security and development and the stability of the overall society. Biosecurity should be taken as an important part of the overall national security, and the combination of peacetime and wartime, prevention and emergency response, scientific research and rescue prevention and control should be strengthened to strengthen the epidemic prevention and control and public health scientific research system and capacity building. It is necessary to coordinate scientific research forces in all aspects and improve the ability and level of systematic confrontation. It is necessary to strengthen strategic planning and forward-looking layout, improve the early-warning and forecasting mechanism for epidemic prevention, control, and timely and effective capture of information and timely response measures. It is necessary to study and establish a command, action, and support system for scientific research and other key issues after the epidemic has spread into an emergency, prepare emergency action guides at ordinary times, and start quickly in emergency situations.

Xi Jinping pointed out that major scientific and technological achievements in the fields of life safety and biosecurity are also the most important tools of the country, and the epidemic prevention and control and public health emergency system are important components of the national strategic system. It is necessary to improve the new national system for key core technology research, accelerate the deployment of scientific research forces in areas such as population health and biosecurity, integrate national key scientific research systems in the fields of life sciences, biotechnology, medicine and health, and medical equipment, and deploy a number of national clinical medicine The research center will increase investment in science and technology in the field of health and health, strengthen basic research in the field of life sciences and breakthroughs in key core technologies in medical care, and accelerate the improvement of strategic scientific and technological strength and strategic reserve capacity in the field of epidemic prevention and control and public health. It is necessary to expedite the shortcomings of China's high-end medical equipment, speed up the research on key core technologies, break through the bottlenecks of technical equipment, and achieve autonomous and controllable high-end medical equipment.

Xi Jinping emphasized that we must continue to carry out patriotic health campaigns and work in many aspects, such as improving the living environment, dietary habits, social and mental health, and public health facilities. In particular, we must resolutely put an end to the bad habits of eating wild animals and promote civilized health and green environmental protection Lifestyle.

Xi Jinping pointed out that public health security is a common challenge facing humankind and requires countries to work together to address it. At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has appeared in many countries. It is necessary to strengthen communication with the World Health Organization, cooperate with relevant countries, especially in countries with high incidence of epidemic, in scientific research on traceability, drugs, vaccines, testing, etc., and share scientific research data and information for joint research Put forward coping strategies and contribute wisdom and strength to the construction of a community of shared future for mankind.

Ding Xuexiang, Liu He, Xu Qiliang, Zhang Youxia, Cai Qi, Xiao Jie and responsible comrades from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Health and Health Commission attended the relevant activities.