Wu Qian, spokesman for the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force at the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress, answered questions from reporters on March 9.
Wu Qian said that the global outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is a historical test facing the development of human civilization.
In this arduous battle against the epidemic, the Chinese military has fully supported local epidemic prevention and control, and has made every effort to prevent and control its own epidemic. At the same time, it has actively participated in international cooperation against the epidemic, contributed its military strength to the international community, and demonstrated the Chinese military. take responsibility.
Wu Qian introduced that in early 2020, at a critical moment in China's fight against the epidemic, many foreign defense departments and militaries extended a helping hand to China. More than 20 defense departments and military leaders from Pakistan, Belarus, and Cambodia sent letters of condolences to Trinidad. and Tobago, Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other defense departments and the military donated emergency supplies and funds for epidemic prevention, foreign embassies in China, foreign students in China expressed their mutual help and sharing weal and woe through video, letter and other means good wishes.
Wu Qian said that up to now, in order to implement the Chairman's important declaration on making China's new crown vaccine as a global public product, the Chinese military has successively sent to Pakistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Equatorial Guinea, Tunisia, Lebanon, Hungary, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Bolivia, etc. The militaries of more than 30 countries have provided COVID-19 vaccine assistance.
The Chinese military has carried out international anti-epidemic cooperation with the militaries of more than 50 countries by providing assistance with anti-epidemic materials, dispatching military anti-epidemic expert groups, and holding video conferences on epidemic prevention and control experience.
The pragmatic measures taken by the Chinese military to fulfill its international obligations and provide public safety products during the epidemic have been highly recognized and widely welcomed by the international community.
"The virus knows no borders, and the epidemic does not discriminate between races. Solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons to defeat the epidemic." Wu Qian said that the Chinese military will continue to strengthen friendly cooperation with the defense departments and militaries of various countries, and work together to overcome the difficulties and let the cooperative The sun dispels the haze of the epidemic, protects the common homeland with the strength of unity, and continues to make positive contributions to the building of a community of human health and health.
(produced by Le Xiaomin)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]