China News Service, March 31. According to the "Europe Times" WeChat public account "East to West", due to the global outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the situation of Greece's epidemic prevention and control has become increasingly severe. Local Chinese-funded enterprises and Chinese communities have purchased medical supplies from China to support the Greek epidemic.
Following the end of January, members of the Greece-China-Greek Friendship Overseas Chinese Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") donated materials to fight the epidemic for the people of the motherland and townships. On March 16th, they again launched a "donation, shopping and giving back to the second hometown" love activity. In just 3 days, the association raised 41,900,000 Euros, and 121 overseas Chinese participated in the donation. At the same time, the person in charge of the association urgently purchased 30,000 surgical masks, 70,000 FFP2 masks, and 400 sets of protective clothing from China. A few days ago, the first batch of 30,000 masks was airlifted to the Greek capital Athens.
At noon on March 30 local time, the Greek-Chinese and Greek-Chinese Friendship Association for Overseas Chinese and Chinese Friendship donated the first batch of 16,000 medical masks to the AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki to alleviate the hospital's shortage of supplies. At the handover ceremony, the representatives of AHEPA Hospital expressed their sincere gratitude to the Association for donating their love masks, which they called "giving charcoal in the snow." The third president of the Association, Liao Xianyu, said that the current situation in Greece is extremely urgent, and has entered a critical period of prevention and control, with insufficient medical supplies. Greece is their second hometown. As Chinese children living overseas, they have the obligation and responsibility to contribute to the local society. He firmly believes that under the timely and powerful measures of the Greek government, the Greek people and Greek overseas Chinese will work together to overcome the epidemic.
It is reported that the association was established in 2015. Under the leadership of then-president Li Fengping, the association actively integrated into the local mainstream society, actively organized activities with the local government to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and actively established the Thessaloniki International Fair. The bridge role for domestic enterprises has been well received by the Chinese Embassy in Greece and the local government. At the end of February 2020, Liao Xianyu assumed the chairmanship of the third association, and the new presidential presidency was delayed due to the impact of the epidemic. It is commendable that the members of the association's new and old presidents have sincerely united and generously donated money, actively donated money and materials for the motherland and Greece to fight the epidemic, and patriotism and love for the country and the initiative to give back to the "second hometown" have been a good word in Greece. Spread among fellow citizens.