Fighting for the epidemic situation in peace and harmony
Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, united front departments at all levels have thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping ’s series of important speeches on epidemic prevention and control, conscientiously implemented the major decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee, and guided overseas Chinese compatriots to assist in domestic epidemic prevention and control He actively contributed to the prevention and control of the epidemic and relief of overseas Chinese, and contributed to the effectiveness of the overseas Chinese community in achieving periodic results in the prevention and control of the domestic epidemic situation. It also played an active role in protecting the safety and health of overseas Chinese in China. The children fight hard to fight against the epidemic of the epidemic. Practice has once again proved that overseas Chinese have always been an important force in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the great motherland will always be a strong backing for overseas Chinese.
Love Sang Zi, overseas Chinese competing to support the motherland's anti-epidemic
During the initial outbreak of the epidemic, at a critical moment when various domestic epidemic prevention materials were severely depleted, the vast number of overseas Chinese compatriots heard the news and rushed for assistance. They organized themselves as soon as possible and sounded the "assembling number" to help the country fight against the epidemic. A donation, a box of protective materials, and the sentence "Come on in Wuhan! Come on in Hubei! Come on in China!" Carry the concerns and concerns of the overseas Chinese. According to incomplete statistics, as of March 11, the national united front system participated in or assisted in handling overseas donations and donations of various epidemic prevention materials, equivalent to more than 2 billion yuan, vividly interpreting the great love affair of overseas Chinese compatriots Sang Zi, showing The great power of the Chinese nation's aspirations. On February 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping fully affirmed the role played by overseas Chinese in the fight against the epidemic in an important speech at the conference on the overall deployment of the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and economic and social development.
Participation is unprecedentedly wide. "The motherland is in trouble, how can you just stand by and watch." From Europe to Asia, from the Americas to Oceania, Africa, the vast number of overseas Chinese, whether rich, poor, old or young, have generously donated money and invested in a big relay of love to Chinese children overseas. Many well-known Chinese businessmen such as Xie Guomin and Chen Yongzai donated gifts and gifts to support the fight against the epidemic, and more ordinary overseas Chinese also gave their love as much as they could. From the day before his death, I do n’t forget to personally donate the 100-year-old American Ye Yeying, a 98-year-old American, to the Chinese Argentine children Chen Yunhao and Chen Yunhan who ordered 25,000 medical masks and 1,000 medical hoods with Chinese New Year ’s money; from donating a large amount of materials Young overseas Chinese who are named "Chinese children" go to Korean overseas Chinese elementary school students who use pocket money to buy masks and write letters to encourage children in Wuhan. Tens of thousands of ordinary overseas Chinese gather in the sand to form towers, gather armpits into furs, and gather together to support the motherland's anti-epidemic power. power.
Actively solve transportation problems. Faced with the difficult situation of strengthening control and reducing or canceling Chinese routes in some countries, overseas Chinese have made every effort to overcome the difficulties and transported back a large amount of materials, which has made great contributions to alleviating the shortage of domestic medical materials. When the Kenyan overseas Chinese ’s cargo cabin is full, thousands of boxes of materials have been placed in the cabin seats and arrived in Guangzhou after coordinated by various parties. It is known as the “mask flight”; the Italian overseas Chinese in Milan will use medical masks, protective clothing and other epidemic prevention The materials were packed into 110 pieces of luggage, which was brought back by the overseas Chinese Fu Yongke on the last flight from Milan to Wenzhou, "Human Meat", creating the "longest single luggage checklist in history"; the overseas Chinese in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and other countries, in In the case of flight suspension, many countries have transferred anti-epidemic materials back to their home countries; when the Myanmar overseas Chinese can not be transported by air, they quickly set up a special convoy and passed the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway to purchase medical latex gloves and thermometers from North Myanmar It was transported into the Ruili port in Yunnan and wrote the "South Korean Overseas Mechanic Spirit" in the new era.
On January 31, 2020, a batch of protective clothing, masks and other materials donated by Thai overseas Chinese caring persons went through the procedures at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport and was ready to be shipped to Wuhan. Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, many Chinese and overseas Chinese in Thailand and Chinese-funded enterprises have purchased anti-epidemic materials and donated to relevant institutions in Wuhan. China News Agency reporter Wang Guoan / photo
Tell a good story about China's anti-epidemic. Overseas Chinese delegations, overseas Chinese leaders, and Chinese media actively voiced through newspapers, networks, television stations, WeChat, and other platforms, and timely introduced the measures, progress, and effects of China's national defense and epidemic prevention to the people's governments and people, and introduced the Chinese people to help each other in the same boat. A total of difficult stories of the epidemic. In response to political manipulation by politicians and media in some countries through the epidemic situation, as well as the discriminatory words and deeds of overseas Chinese, overseas overseas Chinese groups and overseas Chinese have used petitions, protests and other methods to speak for their compatriots and correct their names in China, demanding that they stop politicizing the virus. In response to the adaptation of Dutch Radio to sing Chinese songs, 57 local overseas Chinese groups collectively defended their rights, and the host involved publicly apologized.
Overseeing and helping each other
With the rapid spread of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic overseas, overseas Chinese compatriots once again took action and actively invested in the "second hometown" battlefield of anti-epidemic, demonstrating the good image of the overseas Chinese of big countries.
Compliance and unity and mutual assistance. Overseas Chinese compatriots actively cooperate with local epidemic prevention measures, consciously isolate them, and wear masks when they go out, which is a "model student" for local compliance with epidemic prevention regulations. The city of Prato, Italy is the most concentrated area of Chinese in the country. As long as the local government decided to "close the city", the overseas Chinese took the initiative to cancel the party, reduce the number of outings, wear masks, and provide protection; many businesses stopped business and operated supermarkets. Merchants actively provide masks and disinfectant hand sanitizers for employees and customers. In Italy, where the epidemic is severe, the Chinese community has achieved "zero infection", which is highly praised by the local government. The overseas Chinese community of the United States, the Philippines, Japan and other countries held groups to warm up, established an anti-epidemic coordination mechanism, and coordinated the distribution and use of anti-epidemic materials for overseas Chinese. The key overseas Chinese groups in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and the Philippines organized anti-epidemic mutual assistance groups and volunteer teams. To provide assistance for the convenience of life and personal safety of overseas Chinese, assist the embassy and consulate and the Chinese aid medical team to carry out their work. The French Emergency Rescue Center in Paris opened a Chinese hotline, and a dozen Chinese doctors formed an expert team to provide consultation services for overseas French compatriots. Even the "New York Times" and other Western media praised "in front of the epidemic, the kindness and unity of the Chinese are obvious to all."
On March 28, 2020, at Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport, members of the joint working group from Shandong Province to the United Kingdom lined up to attend the ceremony. On the same day, according to the national unified deployment, 15 members of the Joint Working Group of Shandong Province, China, went to the UK from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport, congratulated the overseas Chinese in the UK, Chinese-funded institutions, and the vast number of international students, and supported the local fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. . Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Xulei / photo
Watching each other to give back to the local. In the face of the spread of the epidemic situation in the country, overseas Chinese compatriots and local people firmly fight against the epidemic and overcome difficulties together, showing good responsibilities and responsibilities. Thailand Chia Tai Group launched the "Thai people don't abandon and don't give up" charity project, first donated 77 million baht to 77 hospitals across the country, and invested 100 million baht to build a mask factory, with a monthly output of 3 million masks, all free of charge to local medical institutions and Ordinary people; some overseas Chinese groups in the Philippines and Cambodia respectively raised 7.98 million yuan and US $ 500,000 to support the government of the country to fight against the epidemic; the American "Hundred People" donated about 1 million US dollars of anti-epidemic materials to local hospitals; many overseas Chinese groups Overseas Chinese launched special events such as "Wind and Rain, Join Hands Together", and advocated overseas Chinese to actively donate to local hospitals and charities. The Panamanian Overseas Chinese Mission provided loving meals to the local medical and police departments and donated food, clothing and other materials to some poor families, which was praised by the President of Panama.
Helping Chinese students in pairs. Under the impact of the epidemic, overseas students, especially underage students, have become "vulnerable groups" of overseas Chinese citizens. Under the bridging of our embassies and consulates abroad, the overseas Chinese groups in the United States, Italy, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Japan and the Chinese Aid Center actively established a paired support mechanism with local international student organizations to help students who are in difficulty to solve the difficulty of buying daily necessities. Many practical difficulties, such as shortage of epidemic prevention materials, closure of dormitory, and difficulty in seeing a doctor, assisted the embassy and consulate in distributing "health packs", demonstrating the love of compatriots whose blood is thicker than water. The Associations of Shandong and Hunan in the UK set up contact assistance stations to distribute epidemic prevention materials and proprietary Chinese medicines to foreign students; the New York Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association and the Chinese Association of Chinese Societies also took the initiative to extend a helping hand to Taiwanese international students to provide assistance for their home isolation and active anti-epidemic , Highly praised by the majority of international students and their parents.
Sending charcoal in the snow, the motherland is concerned about the health and safety of overseas Chinese
The safety and health of overseas Chinese always affect the heart of the motherland. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally called leaders of many countries, hoping to attach great importance to and maintain the health and safety of overseas Chinese citizens. As the "mothers" of overseas Chinese, the united front departments at all levels resolutely implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment, and cooperate with relevant departments to take effective measures to help overseas Chinese to alleviate difficulties and actively stabilize overseas Chinese hearts, warm overseas Chinese hearts, and gather overseas Chinese hearts.
Emergency relief aid materials. The united front departments at all levels actively raised anti-epidemic materials through various channels to support overseas Chinese and live in national defense against epidemic. The China Overseas Friendship Association and local united front departments have opened up a point-to-point support model. According to the epidemic situation in various countries and the distribution of overseas Chinese, they provide external support through various channels. Zhejiang is the first province in China to donate materials overseas. On March 11, the first batch of 26.4 tons of anti-epidemic materials, including 3.217 million disposable masks and 247,000 N95 medical masks, arrived in Italy. Medical institutions, which caused a strong response in the local government and the overseas Chinese community; Hubei has not forgotten the donations of overseas overseas Chinese in the early days, and when its epidemic situation is still tense, it donated 1.14 million masks and 70,000 pairs of traditional Chinese medicine preparations to support overseas Chinese; Xinjiang to Pakistan , Iran and other 12 countries donated medical supplies including 1.717 million medical protective masks and 21,000 pieces of protective clothing. According to incomplete statistics as of April 1, the China Overseas Friendship Association and the united front departments in various regions have donated more than 34 million masks, more than 4 million medical gloves, and more than 100 Chinese patent medicine preparations to overseas Chinese and residents in 66 countries. Ten thousand doses (boxes), as well as a large number of protective materials such as protective clothing, goggles, forehead temperature guns, nucleic acid detection kits, and epidemic prevention packages. In addition, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other key overseas Chinese provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have sent anti-epidemic medical expert groups to relevant countries to guide local epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment in accordance with the arrangements of relevant departments. International students provide medical and health services.
Understand the worries of overseas Chinese. In response to the outbreak prevention and control issues and material shortages of overseas Chinese, the Chinese Overseas Friendship Association immediately communicated with important overseas Chinese groups and overseas Chinese leaders in 23 countries with severe epidemics to express their care and greetings to their relatives in their hometowns. Under the leadership of the embassies and consulates stationed abroad, they united the vast numbers of overseas Chinese to help each other and help prevent epidemics in a scientific way. United Front Offices in many places have also sent letters of condolences to overseas Chinese groups and overseas Chinese in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, conveying their hometown governments and people ’s greetings, and advocating for them to abide by the World Health Organization ’s initiative and the local government ’s epidemic prevention and control requirements, minimize travel, and avoid long distance Travel and protect yourself. Beijing has established an application platform for overseas Chinese returning home to Beijing, and has pushed Beijing entry notices and the latest control policies to overseas Chinese media, related websites, and WeChat public accounts to actively respond to overseas Chinese concerns. Fujian has established a normalized and all-weather contact mechanism with hundreds of major overseas Chinese groups in 84 countries, and has successively opened 205 24-hour hotlines.
Establish a network rescue channel. The united front departments around the country have actively established online diagnosis and treatment platforms to provide diagnosis and treatment consultation services for overseas Chinese through the "cloud diagnosis and treatment". Beijing organized and coordinated 20 Chinese medicine experts and more than 600 psychological consultation experts to provide Chinese medical consultation, protection knowledge promotion and psychological counseling to overseas Chinese through telephone, WeChat and other methods. Shanghai invited well-known experts and multinational overseas Chinese delegations to hold a loving connection for epidemic prevention and control to answer questions from overseas Chinese. Relying on the "Cloud Clinic" of the Overseas Chinese Friends Huiqiao Base of Friends of Jiangsu Overseas, Jiangsu has carried out telemedicine cooperation with 16 countries and regions and issued a "transoceanic prescription". Zhejiang opened an Internet hospital health care consultation platform for overseas Chinese, and organized nearly 70 hospitals for online diagnosis and treatment of overseas Chinese.
Positive publicity speaks for overseas Chinese. During the epidemic, the United Front Department actively promoted the contributions of overseas Chinese and promoted the harmonious relations between compatriots at home and abroad. The China News Service mobilizes domestic and overseas gathering forces and all-media communication methods, and strives to tell the story of the overseas Chinese's anti-epidemic. At the same time, it gathers Chinese new media around the world to launch the information service platform of "Contagiousness" and carries out policy interpretation and medical consultation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the G20 Leaders ’Special Summit on New Coronary Pneumonia," What the international community needs most is firm confidence, concerted efforts, and united response, comprehensively strengthened international cooperation, and brought together a strong force to overcome the epidemic and win this event together. Human struggle against major infectious diseases. " In this global epidemic prevention and control war, the vast number of overseas Chinese have made active contributions to the motherland. The Chinese government has also effectively supported the overseas Chinese nationals and the governments and people in the country in various ways. Vivid practice of the community of human destiny. The united front department should further unify its thoughts and actions into the decision-making deployment of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. As always, it supports the guidance of overseas Chinese compatriots in scientific epidemic prevention and epidemic prevention. Make new efforts to strengthen international anti-epidemic cooperation and resolutely fight global epidemic prevention and control. (Xu Yousheng)
Author: Vice Minister of the Central United Front Work Department, the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Director