East China’s Jiangsu province will make unremitting efforts to coordinate the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19 and social and economic development. The remark was made by Wu Zhenglong, governor of Jiangsu, at a meeting held Monday by the Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control under the Provincial Party Committee. Wu Zhenglong, governor of the province, presided over the meeting.
The meeting was held to study the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at a meeting held in Beijing Sunday to advance the work on coordinating the prevention and control of the and economic and social development.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, General Secretary Xi Jinping has paid close attention to the epidemic situation, made epidemic prevention and control a top priority, made a series of important instructions, and provided scientific guidelines and fundamental guidelines for winning the people's war against the epidemic, according to a statement released after the meeting.
At the critical stage of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over another meeting to make a comprehensive analysis of the epidemic situation, make major arrangements for the overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development and pointed out the direction, cleared the path, and set the priorities for our next work, said the statement.
At present, the spread of the epidemic nationwide has been initially curbed, and prevention and control work has achieved hard-won phase results, the statement said.
Practice has proved that the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core is completely correct, adding that the core role of the Party's leadership and the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics determine that we will win the final victory, according to the statement.
We must gain a deep understating and make resolute implementation of the spirit of the General Secretary’s important speech and follow the decisions and deployment of the central government in thinking and actions so as to achieve victory in epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the statement said.
In the people's war of epidemic prevention and control, Jiangsu must take the courage to face difficulties, adopt the spirit of seeking truth from facts, and promote systematic and pragmatic work, said the statement.
Authorities in Jiangsu should take targeted prevention and control measures, formulate differentiated epidemic prevention and control strategies based on their own conditions, strengthen the services for enterprises, provide policy support and resume production in an orderly so as to coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and social and economic development and contribute to the overall situation of the country, the statement said.
At present, epidemic prevention and control is a top priority, and we must always keep a clear head, work hard and continually consolidate the progress, according to the statement.
Great attention should be given to the protection and care of the medical workers to make sure they are healthy and stay focused on winning the battle against the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19, according to the statement.
More efforts are needed to strengthen efforts to relieve the stress of medical workers, provide them with daily necessities, arrange time for their rest and give them encouragement, said the statement.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the medical workers have worked day and night at the frontline. Some were infected or even sacrificed their lives while saving lives.
Jiangsu has sent to Hubei 2736 doctors and nurses in eight teams to help contain the novel coronavirus epidemic there.
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Sunday unremitting efforts on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19 epidemic and coordination in advancing economic and social development.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when delivering an important speech at a meeting in Beijing to advance the work on coordinating the prevention and control of the COVID-19 and economic and social development.
The meeting was presided over by Li Keqiang and attended by Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng.
The meeting came two days after Xi chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to hear reports on the epidemic prevention and control and the coordination between epidemic control and economic and social development.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the epidemic control, with Xi paying constant attention to the situation, making the epidemic prevention and control the most important task, and personally directing the work and making arrangements, said an official release of the meeting.
China's epidemic prevention and control efforts have won extensive support from the international community, said the release.
(source:ourjiangsu.com)
