Hand in hand to fight the epidemic and


    overcome difficulties with overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia (Focus on overseas Chinese)

  Recently, the epidemic situation in many Southeast Asian countries has rebounded.

The number of infected people in Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia is on the rise, and the local governments have successively introduced a series of epidemic prevention measures to curb the spread of the epidemic.

  In the face of the raging epidemic, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia gathered their strengths to overcome the difficulties together.

Seek opportunities in the crisis of transformation and development

  Since April, the third wave of the epidemic in Thailand has continued to worsen.

As of May 20, Thailand had a total of 1.16 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, a total of 2636 new confirmed cases, and a total of 609 deaths.

  "The third wave of the epidemic in Thailand has a feeling of'unstoppable', and new confirmed cases are spread throughout the country every day." Ma Yan, vice chairman of the Thai-Chinese Correspondents Association, said in an interview with this newspaper. Unfortunately, the overseas Chinese eventually lost their lives because they were infected with the new coronary pneumonia. Such cases have caused a strong shock and touch in the hearts of the overseas Chinese. Everyone wants to be vaccinated as soon as possible."

  Thailand's economy was hit hard by the epidemic, and the tourism industry was the first to bear the brunt.

“In Thailand, most overseas Chinese businessmen are engaged in tourism-related industries, and the epidemic has hit them quite severely.” Guo Xiaohui, vice chairman of the Thai Chinese Teachers Association, said in an interview with this newspaper. “As far as I know, some overseas Chinese are in the third wave. When the epidemic broke out, he decided to abandon the tourism industry and switch to live broadcast e-commerce, teachers, and takeaways."

  "Many companies or travel agencies only provide 50% to 75% of the monthly salary in order to reduce expenditures, but allow employees to work from home or work on their own side jobs. Therefore, some company employees will set up street stalls in front of their homes or on the street, and Some aeronautical engineers do take-out and so on part-time." Ma Yan said.

  Currently, the Thai Ministry of Education has postponed the start of school on June 1 to June 14.

Guo Xiaohui said that in the current situation of the normalization of the epidemic, the Thai Chinese Teachers Association has taken many measures to assist teachers and students in adapting to the online teaching model.

  "In order to improve teachers' online teaching ability, the Thai Education Association and relevant domestic units have jointly launched some online teacher training courses. In addition, in order to strengthen students' interest in learning Chinese, we also held cultural activities such as online summer camps or recitation contests. , Make every effort to suspend classes without stopping school." Guo Xiaohui said.

China's vaccines are safe and reliable

  Recently, the spokesperson of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, Owantin, confirmed to the outside world that there was the first confirmed case of India's new coronary pneumonia variant virus.

On the 13th, the Ministry of Health of Cambodia stated that a new round of community infection of new coronary pneumonia broke out in the country, the mutant virus is spreading across the country, and the number of confirmed cases has surged.

  According to Cambodian official statistics, the current number of people vaccinated in the country has exceeded 2 million, the vaccine penetration rate is about 12.5%, and the screening rate is 6.6%.

As of May 19, Cambodia had a total of 23,282 confirmed cases and a total of 159 deaths. The number of confirmed cases in the country has declined. However, the Cambodian authorities still call on the people to comply with epidemic prevention measures and remain vigilant.

  Earlier, the Phnom Penh City Government had announced the implementation of the "District Closure" system, which divided 105 districts in the city into "Yellow Zones", "Orange Zones" and "Red Zones" according to the severity of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

  In an interview with this newspaper, Xu Jiangtao, the president of the Cambodia Association of the China Asian Economic Development Association, pointed out: "Different colored areas will be subject to different measures of'closure'. The Cambodian authorities only allow those located in the'yellow zone' and'orange zone'. Food and daily necessities sales shops resume operations."

  "The main economic activities of overseas Chinese businessmen in Cambodia are concentrated in agriculture, real estate, construction, service, and tourism. At present, the country's'closure' measures have been lifted, but the three-color regional control is still being implemented. Although the control is strong It is gradually weakening, but the economic life of the overseas Chinese is still affected to a certain extent." Xu Jiangtao said.

  "The vaccination work of the Cambodian authorities is mainly carried out in Phnom Penh and Dakin Ou according to the regional'color order'. It is expected that the vaccination work for all employees in the two cities will be completed in July this year." Xu Jiangtao said.

  Driven by the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, the "Spring Miao Action" has been launched in Cambodia.

Up to now, about 10,000 overseas Chinese in Cambodia have successfully completed the second dose of vaccination.

  "At present, the Overseas Chinese Association in Cambodia has registered for the new crown vaccine through the Cambodian-Chinese Council or other chambers of commerce. Overseas Chinese generally have a positive attitude towards vaccination and are confident in vaccines from their ancestral (home) country." Xu Jiangtao said.

  "I have great confidence in the vaccine from China." Xu Jiangtao said, "In January this year, I was vaccinated with Kexing vaccine in Hefei, China. In May, due to work needs, I flew back to China again, and also did a double test. When receiving the test report at the Cambodian School of Public Health, the doctor pointed out that after 5 months, the new crown antibody was still detected in my body. This shows that the reliability of China’s vaccine quality is beyond doubt."

Join hands to fight the epidemic

  Recently, the Malaysian authorities announced that the country had once again entered the movement control 3.0 and extended the movement control until June 7.

According to the Malaysian Ministry of Health, as of the 21st, the country has newly confirmed 6806 cases in a single day.

This is the highest record of newly confirmed cases in a single day since May.

  In the face of repeated epidemics, Yan Tianlu, Honorary President of the Malaysian Clan Youth Federation, said in an interview with this newspaper: “Many overseas Chinese businessmen in Malaysia are deeply affected by the epidemic. At present, some overseas Chinese businessmen are preparing to switch or restructure. Among them, they are affected by the epidemic. Employees in the most serious tourism industry have switched jobs to become couriers; some companies have abandoned the physical model and switched to online marketing."

  On the 16th, Malaysia’s Ministry of Health Director Nur Hisham stated that the bed utilization rate of intensive care units in many hospitals in the country has exceeded 80%.

He pointed out that the epidemic situation in the country is severe, and he hopes that people stay at home as much as possible and cooperate with the government's epidemic prevention measures to cut off the chain of virus transmission.

  Zhang Tianhua, secretary general of the Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia, said in an interview with this newspaper: “Most of the overseas Chinese in Malaysia have the spirit of uniting against the epidemic. At the beginning of the outbreak, Malaysia once faced a shortage of protective materials. At that time, a group of members from the Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce. , Actively raising masks, gloves, medicines and other protective materials for Malaysian medical staff, reflecting the friendship between China and Malaysia of friendship and mutual assistance."

  As of May 17, Malaysia, with a total population of approximately 32 million people, had only 1.23 million people vaccinated against the new crown.

Zhang Tianhua said: “Overseas Chinese in Malaysia are a very law-abiding group. If you don’t have an emergency, you will basically stay at home. You will not be anxious because you have not been vaccinated. On the whole, the overseas Chinese do not care what they are doing. How difficult the environment is, I can always stick to it."

  “The local overseas Chinese community in Malaysia will also spontaneously organize to provide some community services, such as helping everyone register for vaccinations, or setting up voluntary disinfection teams where confirmed cases occur.” Yan Tianlu said, “On the whole, in Malaysia The society and the overseas Chinese delegation not only overcome the difficulties together, but also unite to fight the epidemic."