(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Chinese Ambassador to Japan Attends the Handover Ceremony of Chinese Government's Assistance in Anti-epidemic Materials to Japan

China News Agency, Tokyo, April 10 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) According to the Chinese Embassy in Japan on the 10th, local time on April 9th, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou and Japan ’s Deputy Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Hashimoto Yue attended the meeting in Tokyo. The Chinese government assisted the handover ceremony of Japanese anti-epidemic materials. Counsellor Yang Yu of the Embassy and the Political Affairs Officer of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan saw Yingzi and other participants.

Kong Xuanyou handed over the list of Chinese aid materials to Hashimoto and said that in the process of China's fight against the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the Japanese government and all sectors of the society have provided valuable support. We are mindful of this. Under President Xi Jinping's personal command and personal deployment, China's epidemic prevention and control has further consolidated its phased results, important progress has been made in resuming production and production, and the economic and social operation order has been speeded up. China shares the sentiment towards the domestic epidemic in Japan, and is willing to continue to provide assistance and support within its capacity, share the prevention and control experience with Japan, strengthen bilateral and multilateral medical and health cooperation, and work together to combat the epidemic. We encourage Chinese nationals in Japan to actively support and cooperate with Japanese anti-epidemic measures, and hope that the Japanese side will attach great importance to and maintain the safety and health of Chinese citizens in Japan.

Deputy Secretary Hashimoto and Administrative Officer of Self-seeing stated that at a critical moment in Japan's fight against the epidemic, the Chinese government once again assisted in the fight against epidemic materials, and the Japanese side expressed its sincere thanks. Infectious diseases are a common issue facing the international community, and all countries in the world need to work together to cope with them. China shared its experience in anti-epidemic disease with Japan in a timely manner and provided a large amount of anti-epidemic materials, which provided important support for the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in Japan. Japan is willing to deepen anti-epidemic cooperation with China and strive for an early victory over the epidemic. The Japanese side thanks the Chinese side for providing great assistance to the return of Japanese diasporas in Hubei, and will continue to do a good job in ensuring the health and safety of Chinese diasporas in Japan.

This is the second time that the Chinese government has provided aid to the Japanese government for anti-epidemic materials, including N95 masks, medical surgical masks, medical isolation eye masks, protective clothing, protective masks, and surgical gowns. The supplies arrived in Tokyo on April 7. (Finish)