East China’s Jiangsu province will make every possible effort to strive for balanced progress in the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19 and social and economic development. The remark was made by Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, on Tuesday when presiding over a meeting held by the Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control under the Provincial Party Committee.
The meeting was held to study the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at a meeting held last Friday by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and a meeting held in Beijing last 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 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 2804 doctors and nurses in 13 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, set out eight requirements at the meeting to advance the work on coordinating the prevention and control of the COVID-19 and economic and social development.
The requirements include taking more targeted tax-cut measures and stabilizing employment, to resume the nation's economic activities in an orderly way.
At the meeting, Xi set the pace for resuming the country's economic activities, with production and social order being fully and quickly restored in low-risk regions, while prevention and control of the disease should remain the only focus in high-risk areas.
He required the officials to make more targeted policies on tax-reduction and more flexible monetary policies to help small and medium-sized companies overcome their difficulties.
Noting that some companies are short of employees while many migrant workers also have difficulty in returning to their jobs, Xi said employment should be stabilized with multiple measures.
He required the officials to make more efforts to strive for the country's poverty-reduction goal, help poorer workers return to their jobs in an orderly way, and support the restarting of production as soon as possible at major enterprises.
Party committees and governments at all levels should remain on high alert over the disease and continue to implement all detailed measures until final victory is achieved, Xi said.
He required officials to continue to take strong measures in Hubei province and in Wuhan, prevent the spread of the disease, and raise the hospitalization and recovery rates while lowering the infection and fatality rates.
He also highlighted the importance of issues such as distributing medical resources, speeding up scientific research to develop medicines and vaccines, and improving the work of the media.
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
