China News Service, Manila, September 29. On September 29, local time, a Chinese-funded enterprise in the Philippines "My Story of Anti-epidemic" National Day theme essay awards was held at the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines.

Chinese Ambassadors to the Philippines Huang Xilian and Dan Chengsheng participated in the participation of Counselor Xie Yonghui and presented the awards. Deng Jun, President of the Association of Chinese Enterprises and other award-winning representatives participated, and Minister Counselor Jiang Jianjun hosted the event.

  The essay solicitation event was jointly sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and the Philippine Chinese Enterprises Association. A total of 45 works were carefully created by 23 Chinese enterprises in the Philippines.

Based on the performance of social responsibilities during the period of the new crown pneumonia epidemic reflected in the works, a total of six first, second and third prizes of the “2020 Social Responsibility Performance Award” of Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines were selected; based on the quality of the works, the “anti-epidemic There are six first, second and third prizes in the "Promotion Award", and two outstanding works are displayed.

Taking into account the epidemic factor, the awarding method adopted a combination of offline and online, and personnel from Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines participated in the event simultaneously through video connections.

The atmosphere of the whole event was warm and applauded.

On September 29th, local time, the “My Story of Anti-epidemic” essay award ceremony for Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines was held at the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines.

The picture shows the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (left) presenting the award to Deng Jun (right), President of the Chinese Enterprise Association.

Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

  Ambassador Huang Xilian expressed his gratitude to the Chinese Enterprise Association and various companies for their strong support and enthusiastic submissions. The award-winning works are brilliant and inspiring, vividly showing that Chinese enterprises in the Philippines actively support the fight against the epidemic, resume work and production in an orderly manner, and actively perform The heart of social responsibility and touching deeds.

It is hoped that the Chinese-funded Enterprise Association will continue to play a leading role and bridge role, leading Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines to make persistent efforts, and make greater contributions to deepening China-Philippines economic and trade cooperation and promoting the humanistic dating of the two countries.

Minister Counselor Tan Qingsheng (middle) of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines presented awards to Chinese-funded enterprises that won the National Day theme essay "My Story of Anti-epidemic".

Contribution from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

  Representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises participating in the meeting responded positively, saying that the embassy’s organization of this event during the critical period of the fight against the epidemic is of great significance, which is very encouraging and exciting.

Under the guidance of the embassy and the country, Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines will continue to unite and act actively, fulfill their responsibilities, and contribute to the local fight against the epidemic and the resumption of work and production.

Counselor Xie Yonghui, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines, presented awards to Chinese-funded enterprises that won the National Day theme essay "My Story of Anti-epidemic".

Contribution from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

  Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, under the guidance of the embassy in the Philippines, and in accordance with the deployment of the domestic headquarters, the majority of Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines have insisted on people-oriented, life first, and doing their best to give back to the society. While strengthening employee protection, they have actively donated money and materials. Money contributes, actively fulfills social responsibilities, and uses practical actions to strongly support the fight against the epidemic between China and the Philippines.

One is to strengthen its own epidemic prevention.

Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines regard protecting the lives and health of employees and customers as their top priority, strictly abide by local epidemic prevention policies, formulate internal prevention and control measures, establish emergency plans, and strive to control risk points and prevent them from becoming a source of infection.

Currently, no cluster infections have occurred in Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines.

The second is to help China.

After the outbreak of the Wuhan epidemic, Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines immediately donated money and materials to the country, accumulating nearly 10 million pesos.

The third is to support the local fight against the epidemic.

According to incomplete statistics, up to now, Chinese companies have donated nearly 10 million pieces of anti-epidemic medical supplies to the Philippines.

In addition, many Chinese medical material production companies actively guarantee the procurement needs of the Philippines, and specially send technical teams to the Philippines to provide personnel training, equipment debugging and technical support to support local anti-epidemic work.

The fourth is to stick to key positions.

Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines in basic service areas such as telecommunications, power, and banking actively responded to the government's call to arrange for Chinese employees and Philippine employees to stick to their posts, continue operations, ensure services, and protect people's livelihood based on protective measures.

The fifth is to care about employees.

Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines strive to maintain basic business, keep jobs, treat Chinese and Philippine employees equally, and respond to the government's call to provide Filipino employees with 13 salary in advance, and provide basic salary and epidemic subsidy to local employees who have stopped working at home.

According to incomplete statistics, Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines saved the basic lives of more than 40,000 local employee families during the epidemic.

Sixth, the orderly resumption of work and production.

After the Philippine government relaxed community isolation measures, Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines strictly abide by relevant policy requirements, promote the resumption of work and production in an orderly manner, and actively contribute to the recovery of the Philippines’ economy and the improvement of people’s livelihood.

At present, the China-Philippines intergovernmental cooperation project has been fully restarted, and the work efficiency of the projects under construction has returned to 80-90%.

In the first half of 2020, the value of new contracts signed by China in the Philippines was US$3.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%.

  This event is the first time that the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and the Association of Chinese Enterprises in the Philippines have held a social responsibility evaluation and anti-epidemic theme creation exhibition for Chinese enterprises in the Philippines. The event aims to remember history, welcome the National Day, commend advanced, boost morale, and provide enterprises The platform for mutual learning and mutual learning enriches the spiritual and cultural life of employees during the epidemic, guides Chinese-funded enterprises in the Philippines to firmly establish sustainable business concepts, actively implement corporate social responsibilities, develop in coordination with the local society, and spread the friendship between China and the Philippines.