The Russian media is 'straight' again: China takes vaccines to save people, but the United States uses them as weapons

Source: China Economic Network - Economic Daily

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Economic Daily Guo Yan: The global fight against the epidemic is inseparable from "China's strength"

Russian media recently said that Americans use vaccines as weapons, Chinese take vaccines to save the world, and China is the undoubted champion of vaccine supply. This clarifies a key fact: under the situation of the continuous spread of the global epidemic and the frequent disruption of the overall situation of the fight against the epidemic by individual countries, China has ignored the groundless attacks and insisted on providing anti-epidemic assistance to the international community, embodying the noble qualities of respecting life and saving lives and helping the injured, setting a benchmark for international assistance.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-century test in the world, and it has hit countries with poor economic foundations particularly hard. Many countries lack the production capacity of epidemic prevention materials, and people's lives are seriously injured and threatened. Up to now, China has provided the international community with about 350 billion masks, more than 4 billion protective clothing, more than 6 billion test reagents, and more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccines, benefiting more than 100 countries and many international organizations, which is the largest global humanitarian action carried out by China so far and has become a glorious page in human history.

China's anti-epidemic assistance is huge, which not only provides "charcoal in the snow" for many countries, but also solves the urgent needs of many countries. Looking at the world, China is one of the few countries that is willing and more capable of providing global assistance. China provides support and assistance to the international community, and does what it can and does its best, starting from the overall situation of the global fight against the epidemic.

The global fight against the epidemic is a chess game, and the trend of the epidemic should not only look at countries with better control, but also look at countries with poor epidemic prevention and control capabilities. The spread of the new crown virus is extremely strong, and if the epidemic situation in any country is not controlled, it is difficult for other countries to say that it is safe. Increasing support for developing countries and paying attention to the needs of vulnerable people is both out of humanitarian spirit and necessary to defeat the epidemic at an early date.

In order to help the world control the epidemic at an early date, China has taken developing countries and least developed countries as the focus of support and assistance, provided free aid for vaccines, actively shared anti-epidemic experience, and dispatched medical expert teams to dozens of countries. In addition, China also supports the exemption of vaccine intellectual property rights from developing countries and the joint production of vaccines with 16 countries, without any reservations in promoting vaccines to become international public goods.

In the face of the menacing epidemic, the international community urgently needs to strengthen solidarity and cooperation to jointly cope with challenges. However, some countries represented by the United States have gone against the general trend and wantonly created international divisions, which have seriously shaken the confidence of the international community. China's global vision, concept of solidarity and selfless spirit in the process of international anti-epidemic assistance have injected valuable confidence into the international community and will become an important force in promoting the final victory of the global fight against the epidemic. (Source of this article: Economic Daily Author: Guo Yan)