Five-character formula for China's war against "epidemic"
People who embark on the journey home look forward to the long-lost hug with their loved ones.
"Fireworks" are rising, "consumption fever" is returning, and "busy energy" is increasing.
China has been fighting the "epidemic" for three years, and the dawn is just ahead.
In the three-year fight against the epidemic, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously optimized and adjusted the epidemic prevention and control measures according to the time and situation, united and led the Chinese people to fight steadily and step by step, and played a combination of "resistance, prevention, unification, excellence, and regularity". Fight and win the strategic initiative along the way.
Resisting means being courageous and responsible, working together from top to bottom;
Prevention is scientific and precise, gathering wisdom and strength;
System is overall planning, efficient and orderly;
Excellent means to optimize and adjust according to the time and trend;
Often, it is returning to normality, and it will work for a long time.
Five fingers make a fist, and the concept of people first and life first is consistent.
The epidemic has not gone away, and the big exam is still going on.
China is going through a difficult time, and the light of hope illuminates the future.
"Resistance": The Chinese people are invincible
In the early morning, beside the Wuhan River, in Hubu Lane.
With laughter and laughter, steaming hot dry noodles were served on the table.
"The noodles have the taste of the Yellow Crane Tower and the taste of home." Zhao Lei from Wuhan often comes "too early".
Zhao Lei and more than 13 million people in Wuhan know very well what a thrilling defense battle has brought such comfort today.
Regardless of "anti-epidemic", or "anti-war", "anti-flood" or "anti-earthquake", the Chinese nation has gone through hardships and is still moving forward bravely.
In the face of disasters, hundreds of millions of people's courageous responsibility and united will are condensed in the word "resistance".
At Wuhan Tianhe Airport, medical staff from the Wuhan First Hospital of Hubei Province see off the 14th batch of Guangdong Medical Team to Hubei (photo taken on March 23, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yehua
"Resistance" has a "backbone".
Three years ago, the epidemic came out of nowhere.
In the face of major public health emergencies with the fastest spread, the widest range of infection, and the most difficult prevention and control since the founding of New China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: People's lives are more important than Mount Tai!
As long as we are responsible for the lives of the people, we must bear the price and consequences.
"Respond to extraordinary things with extraordinary actions."
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China implements centralized and unified leadership. The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee hold dozens of meetings to study and make decisions.
Resolutely closed the passage from Han to Hubei to curb the spread of the virus; built specialized hospitals and rebuilt shelter hospitals at an amazing speed;
China is racing against time and fighting the disease.
All parties moved after hearing the order, and everyone took their positions.
More than 1.4 billion people have uninterrupted water, electricity, heating, communication, supplies, and social order.
The eastern power withstood the most severe impact of the epidemic.
"Resistance" is the unity of the whole country.
If people sympathize with Hamlet, who stood up against the "tyranny of fate", and are moved by Beethoven, who choked fate, they will also admire the Chinese people for facing difficulties and fighting against the century-old epidemic.
"I have to run faster to get more patients back from the virus." Zhang Dingyu, then director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, who was suffering from frostbite, shuttled through the ward with uneven steps.
The vast number of medical staff who fought side by side with Zhang Dingyu are known as the "loveliest people" in China in the new era. Some of them unfortunately fell ill and died in the line of duty.
More than 90 million members of the Communist Party of China have participated in the fight against the epidemic.
Volunteers drove "retrograde" for more than ten hours to deliver meals to medical staff in Wuhan; tens of thousands of builders fought hard for Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals... regardless of the north or south, people regardless of age, there are heroes everywhere in critical moments.
The Chinese who have been familiar with "Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains" and "Jingwei Fills the Sea" firmly believe that the Chinese people are invincible.
The square cabin hospital of Wuhan Sports Center was taken on February 17, 2020.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu
"Resistance" is a shared destiny.
A reporter who used to work for the Spanish news agency wrote that one of every two doses of vaccines received in regions such as Latin America is "made in China."
As the largest developing country in the world, China has done its best to provide assistance to the international community when it is under enormous pressure to prevent and control the epidemic.
So far, China has sent medical expert teams to 34 countries and provided more than 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 120 countries and international organizations.
China has never created an "information black hole". It notified the world of the epidemic information, released the virus gene sequence, announced the diagnosis, treatment and prevention and control plan at the first time, and shared prevention and treatment experience with all parties without reservation.
In the face of the common enemy of all mankind, confidence and unity are more precious than gold.
When the epidemic in China was at its worst, Russian planes flew to Wuhan carrying relief supplies, Pakistan donated masks in stock in hospitals across the country, Mongolia donated 30,000 sheep to China, and famous buildings around the world lit up "Chinese red" to pray for blessings. These Chinese people never forget.
"Life is paramount, the whole country is united, sacrifice life and forget death, respect science, and share a common destiny."
China's "anti-epidemic spirit" shines through the annals of history.
"Defense": 1.4 billion people build the "Great Wall of Steel"
"Three treasures when going out: mobile phone, key and mask", "wash your hands frequently, ventilate frequently, and gather less", nucleic acid testing, health code and travel code... When Westerners are still arguing about whether they should wear masks, a "prevention "The word has become the consciousness of every Chinese.
"Prevention" means to plan for a rainy day, to guard against the passing of time, and to take the initiative.
"Based on prevention, early, and fast" is the valuable experience China has gained after confronting viruses time and time again.
China's vast territory, large number of vulnerable populations, unbalanced regional development, insufficient total medical resources, special national conditions and continuous mutation of virus strains make "prevention" play an important role in the "epidemic" battle.
On January 6, 2021, the staff of Sinovac Zhongwei inspected the label of the new coronavirus inactivated vaccine on the automatic vial packaging line.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei
"Defense" is fixed in the "people's defense line".
In the past three years, the Chinese have "consciously scanned the QR code", "celebrated the New Year on the spot" and "quarantined at home" to cooperate with the national epidemic prevention.
Every time a mutated virus strain appears, netizens will share expert advice and anti-epidemic "civil remedies"; neighbors' mutual assistance methods such as "sharing medicine boxes" and "sharing supplies" show a strong sense of Chinese humanity.
Some small things about ordinary people who consciously prevent the epidemic are still touching: the Beijing "Uncle Xicheng" who completed the "recovery" itinerary and coordinated with the flow; the "close contacts" who chose to stay in their self-driving cars for isolation to prevent community transmission of the epidemic; The elderly at home waiting for the epidemic prevention supplies to be delivered to the "courier brother"...
Propagating epidemic prevention policies and knowledge, promoting vaccination, organizing nucleic acid testing, and distributing epidemic prevention materials... More than 4 million urban and rural community workers are busy day and night. line of defense.
The "epidemic prevention and control volunteers" who are busy on the front line of urban and rural epidemic prevention have become an impressive landscape.
More than 2,600 community hospitals, nearly 600,000 village clinics, and nearly one million grassroots medical and health institutions, hierarchical and effective coordination, and the continuous and dense public health system make the "people's defense line" more confident.
The British "Economist" magazine pointed out that China's epidemic prevention has provided the world with three major experiences: communicating with the public, finding ways to curb the spread of the virus, and making adequate preparations for the medical system.
Relevant experience and achievements are being effectively applied in many countries affected by the epidemic.
The staff of Beijing Railway Station carry out disinfection operations in the waiting hall (photographed on June 18, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zhonghao
"Prevention" is scientific and precise.
"Farewell, itinerary card!" At the end of last year, countless netizens took screenshots to say goodbye.
Some netizens also joked, "It's best not to see you again."
The "communication itinerary card", which has provided query services more than 89 billion times, has officially gone offline with the optimization and adjustment of prevention and control policies.
This "digital flow adjustment" method, which has played a huge role in epidemic prevention and control, is a microcosm of China's scientific prevention and control and precise policy implementation.
Establish a "joint prevention and control" mechanism at the first time, adhering to the prevention and control principles of "prevention first, combining prevention and control, scientific law, classification and classification", and promote the "group prevention and control" mechanism with Chinese characteristics. China's epidemic prevention policy is scientific, precise.
Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia cut off the community transmission chain of the Delta mutant strain in just two weeks, thanks to a series of precise policies such as rapid flow investigation and risk classification.
From early detection, early reporting, early isolation, early treatment, to scientific delineation of high-risk areas and control of risk groups; ""Should be cured as much as possible" and "should be managed as much as possible"...continuously improving the level of precision prevention and control by division, classification, differentiation, and so on, China has withstood the impact of multiple rounds of epidemics.
Building an immune defense line for the whole population is the safest and most effective way of scientific epidemic prevention.
After the outbreak, China stepped up efforts to develop vaccines.
At the end of 2020, China's first new coronavirus vaccine will be listed on the market with conditions.
China vigorously promotes free vaccination for all citizens.
In some cities, epidemic prevention personnel come to the door "point-to-point" to vaccinate the elderly over 60 years old.
As of the end of 2022, China has received a total of more than 3.46 billion doses of the new crown vaccine, and the full vaccination rate has exceeded 90%.
Over the past three years, China has actively assessed the reality and dynamically adjusted its epidemic prevention policy. The proactive, scientific and orderly policy highlights "seeking truth from facts".
"Unification": the organic linkage of epidemic prevention and development
Can prevention and control and development be balanced?
This is a difficult problem that all countries must face.
In the three-year war against the "epidemic", China has managed to keep the epidemic from getting out of control, the economy from stalling, and security from losing control. The word "unification" is essential.
"Unification" is a comprehensive consideration of the present and the long-term, the part and the whole under the dilemma of multiple difficulties.
At the FAW-Volkswagen North China base in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Zone, vehicles are waiting to be assembled on the production line (photographed on June 15, 2022).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran
"Unification" means overall planning and consideration.
In the summer of 2022, the 1 millionth vehicle of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory, which has been under construction for less than three years, rolled off the production line; at the beginning of the new year in 2023, the automobile assembly line with thousands of workers in Xi’an BYD Caotang Industrial Park is busy and orderly.
Enterprises are speeding up their orders, foreign businessmen continue to cast their "vote of confidence" in China, and the pulse of China's economy continues to strengthen.
This is the result of China's efficient coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development over the past three years.
At the beginning of 2020, the fight against poverty has entered the "sprint" stage.
At that time, there were still 5.51 million poor rural people in China, and 52 impoverished counties, all of which were the most difficult and the poorest of the poor.
Some observers in the West assert that it is almost an "impossible task" for China to get rid of poverty by the original schedule.
At the beginning of 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics will be successfully held.
The previous Tokyo Olympics had been postponed due to the epidemic.
China has achieved poverty alleviation and fulfillment of the Winter Olympics as scheduled.
"If there is a gold medal for the response to the epidemic, China should get one," said Le Bon, a Belgian athlete who participated in the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
China promotes the stability of finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, investment, and expectations, and ensures the employment of residents, basic people's livelihood, market entities, food and energy security, industrial chain supply chain, and grassroots operations.
During the three years of fighting the "epidemic", the word "unity" runs through it.
In the first spring after the outbreak of the epidemic, 37 workers from Pu'er, Yunnan took a bus back to Fujian to resume work.
This chartered car trip, which was docked by the government, traveled 5,000 kilometers round-trip, "from the doorstep to the enterprise", which not only reduced the risk of infection, but also helped the enterprise to resume production as soon as possible.
When Shanghai is fighting the "epidemic" in 2022, 30% of its production capacity will be exported to a leading auto parts company in Europe and the United States. About 1,200 employees will "eat and live in the factory", and priority will be given to urgent orders and export orders.
Thanks to three years of efficient planning, China has effectively responded to the impact of five waves of epidemics and maintained an average annual economic growth rate of around 4.5%, which is significantly higher than the world average.
The staff of a medical device company in Xi'an are producing antigen detection reagents (photographed on January 4, 2023).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao
"Unification" means "a game of chess for the whole country".
"Beijing", "Hunan", "Sichuan", "Shandong"... In many hospitals for the treatment of new crowns in China, the names of the provinces, regions and cities are written on the back of the protective clothing of medical staff.
Wherever the epidemic is severe, there are the best doctors, the most advanced equipment, and the most urgently needed resources mobilized across the country.
In the three years of fighting the "epidemic", the central government has unified command, unified coordination, and unified dispatch, and all regions and parties have their own responsibilities and coordinated cooperation.
Under overall planning, petrochemical companies have switched to producing masks, epidemic prevention logistics have opened up "green channels", national unified passes have been issued in sufficient quantities, and the "white list" of foreign trade companies has helped "fix the chain" and "stabilize the chain"... All parties to fight the "epidemic" work together.
Under overall planning, multiple measures will be taken to stabilize jobs, ensure employment, and promote entrepreneurship, focusing on protecting groups such as college graduates and migrant workers.
On the road of development, "one cannot be missing".
In China, epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have never been "choice questions."
The "Wall Street Journal" and other foreign media have generally paid attention to China's strict epidemic prevention on the one hand, and economic recovery on the other.
"In any case, China, like the rest of the world, will gradually emerge from the shadow of the new crown epidemic, and the world will eventually benefit from the recovery of China's economy." The Forbes News Network article said.
"Excellent": "Breakthrough" of epidemic prevention due to time and situation
In the early morning of the 8th, Shanghai Pudong Airport ushered in the first batch of "entry without quarantine" flights in three years.
Holding a welcome banner, Mr. Li waited for his daughter in the arrival hall.
"I haven't seen you for three years, and I don't want to miss a day."
Behind the reunion story is the continuous optimization of China's epidemic prevention and control policies.
This is a simple fever clinic at Guang'an Gymnasium in Xicheng District, Beijing, taken on December 24, 2022.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
"Excellent" is to assess the situation.
The tenth edition of the diagnosis and treatment plan for novel coronavirus infection, which is widely expected by the society, was issued recently.
Cases are no longer required to be isolated and treated in a centralized manner; the common type is canceled and the medium type is added in the clinical classification; the relevant content of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is improved... Between the increase and decrease, the word "excellent" is highlighted.
Ten versions of the plan, each version is an optimization.
In the past three years, China's war against the "epidemic" has gone through different stages such as sudden outbreaks, emergency containment, all-round comprehensive prevention and control, and "scientific precision and dynamic clearing".
As the epidemic continues to evolve, China's "style of play" has also changed accordingly.
At the end of last year, China ushered in a major window period for the optimization and adjustment of prevention and control measures.
The prevention and control of the epidemic has entered a "new stage".
"The virus has become weaker, we have become stronger" - when the pathogenicity of the Omicron virus weakens, the vaccination rate of the whole population increases, and China's experience in prevention and control becomes more and more abundant, this conclusion is obvious.
Ma Yijun, an American writer who has lived in China for more than 20 years, believes that it is time to optimize the prevention and control of the epidemic.
"Excellent" requires a solid foundation.
The machines in the workshop of the pharmaceutical company roared.
In December 2022, the daily production capacity of antigen detection reagents has rapidly expanded from 60 million servings at the beginning of the month to 110 million servings, and the daily production of ibuprofen and acetaminophen, two types of antipyretic and analgesic drugs, has increased by more than 4 times.
China continues to optimize the allocation of medical resources, ensure the public's supply of medicines, and increase medical facilities.
In the past three years, China has improved the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, strengthened the capacity building of grassroots medical and health institutions, added fever clinics, increased intensive care beds in designated hospitals, ICU and related treatment equipment and materials, and the epidemic prevention and control and disposal experience of medical institutions and medical personnel, Capabilities are constantly improving.
Statistics show that as of December 25 last year, the total number of intensive care beds across the country exceeded 180,000, an increase of 31,000 or more than 20% from the previous ten days.
The national reserve of "convertible ICU" beds exceeds 100,000, an increase of more than 26%.
On a national average, by the end of last year, critically ill beds had not yet reached the critical line of 80% occupancy.
On January 7, 2023, the Spring Festival Transport will start.
This is a group photo of passengers and flight attendants with New Year decorations on train G1373.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang
"Excellent", the results continue to show.
In the past three years, China has never given up on protecting its people from the virus, whether they are newborns or centenarians.
Although there is a large gap in per capita medical resources and medical technology compared with developed countries, from a global perspective, China has the lowest rate of severe illness and death rate of new coronavirus infection.
Potential business opportunities are emerging.
From the coast to the inland, foreign trade enterprises in many places organized charter flights to "go to sea" to seek business opportunities.
"It feels so good to be able to hear Chinese again!" The Jiangsu Taicang investment promotion team, which received a full order before the Europeans spent Christmas Eve, still remembers that at the Paris headquarters of the Valeo Group, French business partners asked them The words that came out of my mouth when I said hello.
In the eyes of investors and analysts, China is ushering in a year with a "brighter outlook".
The likelihood of a faster and stronger rebound in the Chinese economy is growing.
An article on the website of the German "Focus" weekly magazine pointed out that Germany will benefit from China's epidemic prevention and control transition in three ways-parts from China will make German cars cheaper again; The latter will make companies and investors more profitable; jobs in German companies will be more stable.
"During the epidemic, whether in terms of saving lives, providing medical security, or in terms of economic growth, China's performance was far superior to that of the West." said Luo Siyi, an expert on China who was once the director of the London Economic and Business Policy Agency. .
"Chang": everything is as usual but everything is renewed
"Life as usual" - this is a New Year's resolution for many.
Behind the word "chang" is the Chinese people's simple pursuit of "living ordinary life and living life with all tastes".
"Normal" means that prevention and control has entered a new normal.
Business, visiting relatives, employment, studying, traveling, visiting friends... In the past few days, in the reception halls of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureaus, the number of people consulting and handling related business has gradually increased.
Since the 8th, China has implemented "Class B and B Control" for the infection of the new coronavirus.
A series of changes have occurred as a result: the orderly resumption of acceptance and approval of ordinary passports for Chinese citizens traveling abroad and visiting friends; Chain Food no longer takes samples for testing...
Lei Zhenglong, director of the Department of Communication and Prevention of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that under normal circumstances, there is generally no need to take emergency prevention and control measures.
Without three years of fierce fighting, how can today's "normal" come about?
China's optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control is not to "lay flat" and let it go, nor is it the so-called "full liberalization".
China continues to improve the normalized epidemic prevention and control measures, control what should be controlled, and let go of what should be released.
"Chang" means that people's lives are back on track.
Under the protection of the state, many people directly "fighted" the virus for the first time only three years after the outbreak.
After a few weeks of recuperating at home and "hiding sickness", more and more people are going out of their homes.
Chinese cities represented by Beijing are coming back to life.
In the metropolis, commuters wearing masks crowded the subway trains; travel plans that had been stranded were put on the agenda again; the Spring Festival travel season began, and the country was ushering in the "world's largest population migration", "Mobile China" back again.
This is the night view of the Tianhe Road commercial district in Guangzhou (drone photo) taken on January 1, 2023.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
"Chang" is not the end, but a new starting point.
Changes are coming quietly: more people choose the Internet for medical consultation; the growing "cloud business opportunities" are boosting the economy.
If it weren't for the epidemic of the century, Wang Qihui's research may be little known.
The 38-year-old virology expert did not expect to appear in the huge image of the heroic laborers at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Dealing with countless viruses in the microcosm—the seemingly inconspicuous basic research work Wang Qihui is engaged in is the key effort for China to strengthen the construction of the public health system and make up for shortcomings.
Today, China has established the world's largest online reporting system for infectious disease outbreaks and public health emergencies. The average reporting time for public health emergencies has been shortened to less than 4 hours, and it has the ability to detect more than 300 pathogens within 72 hours.
"Racing against the virus will never be complete." Wang Qihui said.
Everything is as usual, not because the virus has disappeared, but because the country's medical treatment capabilities are stronger, the level of grassroots governance is higher, and social tolerance is greater.
The Chinese are more determined and confident in the face of the epidemic.
Resistance, defense, reunification, excellence, and constant—behind the five characters are the "people-centered" development thinking of the Communist Party of China, the institutional advantage of "concentrating power to do big things" in China, and the majestic force of the whole country's concerted and united struggle. It is the genetic character of the accumulation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and it is also China's responsibility for the shared destiny of all mankind.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
Reporters: Li Zhihui, Gui Tao, Li Yunlu, Wang Cong, Li Laifang, Lou Chen, Fang Dong, Zhou Zhou, Ma Xinran, Zhao Chenjie