For many people, this Spring Festival should be one of the most disturbing ones in these years. Every day, every moment, the suffering Wuhan is suffering touches everyone's heart.?
Some people are complaining, some are in tears, and some are taking action.?
"Wuhan cheer" is more than a slogan, is self-reflection and self-discipline from their own start, is concerned about others, believe in the attitude of reason, is conducive to the prevention and control of the epidemic every practical action.
As a local car company in Hubei, Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "Dongfeng") was the first one to move up, and in the evening of January 23rd, Dongfeng made an urgent decision to donate 10 million yuan to Wuhan Charity Federation to fight against the new pneumonia epidemic. At the same time, Dragon, a subsidiary of DFM, donated the protective clothing used in the painting workshop to the front-line medical personnel.
On Jan. 24, at the latest request of the Wuhan Epidemic Prevention and Control Command, Dongfeng Mobility suspended the platform's Wuhan online taxi service from 12 p.m. that day. Prior to that, Dongfeng Travel had already begun to set up an emergency fleet at the request of the command, ready to accept emergency dispatch and provide free services to the targeted communities.
On the evening of January 26, Dongfeng decided to donate 10 million yuan to Wuhan City on the basis of the 10 million yuan already donated to the city of Shiyan, Xiangyang, respectively, and at the same time, the Dongfeng Corporation, Dongfeng Honda, each donated 3 million yuan to the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a cumulative donation of 41 million yuan.
In order to win this "battle", not only in the center of the epidemic Dongfeng, car companies all over the country are taking action to support Wuhan.
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All hands on deck, just to win the battle?
As of Jan. 31, more than 40 automobile companies, as well as parts suppliers and dealers, have actively participated in the prevention and control work, donating relief materials and funds.
On January 31,? SAIC Group with its subsidiaries donated 22 million in cash and medical supplies, of which SAIC Group will donate 20 negative pressure ambulances valued at 6 million yuan to be used in priority for the prevention and control of the epidemic in the Shanghai area, and SAIC-Volkswagen and SAIC-GM will donate 8 million yuan each to charities in Shanghai and Wuhan; following the donation of 5 million yuan on January 26th, GAC Group (including the headquarters of GAC, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Mitsubishi, GAC Motor, GAC Mitsubishi, GAC Motor, GAC Motor, and GAC Motor) donated 5 million yuan. , GAC Mitsubishi, GAC Passenger Cars) donated an additional 9 million yuan in cash and materials, and has so far donated a total of 14 million yuan, of which 10 million yuan GAC Group headquarters ****; Honda Giken Kogyo Co. and Honda Giken Kogyo (China) Investment Company Limited (referred to as Honda) donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Red Cross.
On January 30, Ideal Motors donated funds of 2 million yuan through the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation to support the prevention and control of the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan and other areas infected by the new coronavirus; Tesla donated 5 million yuan in special funds to assist the Chinese government in supporting the CDC as well as other organizations in responding to the current outbreak, and at the same time, China allocated a budget of 5 million yuan to subsidize the owners of vehicles during the outbreak to pay for free energy costs for using Superchargers during the outbreak.?
On Jan. 29, Changan Automobile Group donated 10 million yuan, of which 5 million yuan was donated by Changan Automobile, 2 million yuan by Changan Ford, 2 million yuan by Changan Mazda, and 1 million yuan by Changan Crossing; JAC donated 10 million yuan through the Wuhan Red Cross; and Nissan Motor Co. and Nissan (China) Investment Co. and Nissan Motor's joint venture in China --Ltd. and Nissan Motor's joint venture in China, announced a donation of 5 million yuan and 100,000 masks; Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co. Ltd. joined hands with FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota to donate 10 million yuan through the China Red Cross Foundation and other organizations; Weimar donated 4 million yuan of materials to Huanggang City in Hubei Province to support Hubei Province's response to the new coronary artery disease, and to support Hubei Province's response to the new coronary artery disease. Weimar donated 4 million yuan to Huanggang City, Hubei Province, to support the rescue and treatment of patients with the new coronavirus pneumonia; Weilai set up a special anti-pneumonia user care fund of 5 million yuan for use during the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak.
January 28, Geely Holding Group, together with Li Shufu Public Welfare Foundation, set up a 200 million yuan special fund for the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic, used to support the prevention and control of the epidemic in Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan and other areas of the country where the new pneumonia epidemic is serious, and Geely Holding Group said it will further expand the size of the special fund in accordance with the needs of the epidemic prevention and control in a timely manner; SINOCHEM donated 30 million yuan to Hubei; Hyundai Automotive Group, together with Beijing Automotive Group, set up a 5 million yuan special fund for the prevention and treatment of patients suffering from the new coronavirus pneumonia. 30 million yuan; Hyundai Motor Group, together with Beijing Hyundai, Dongfeng Yueda Kia and other subsidiaries in China, donated medical supplies worth 5 million yuan and 10 million yuan to the Hubei Red Cross; Chery Holdings Group Limited donated 10 million yuan; Ford Motor (China) Company Limited donated 1 million yuan to the China Red Cross Foundation; BYD Company Limited donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation through the BYD Charity Foundation; and BYD Charity Foundation donated 1 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation. Foundation and donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation; General Motors (China) donated 5 million yuan through the China Red Cross Foundation; Great Wall Motor Company donated 5 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation; China Automotive Technology and Research Center Ltd. donated 5 million yuan to Hubei Province; Xiaopeng Automobile donated 3 million yuan of medical supplies to Wuhan and other medical institutions; Nezha Automobile donated 1 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity General Association of Charities of Hubei Province with a donation of 1 million yuan.
On January 27, China FAW, together with its subsidiaries FAW-Volkswagen and FAW-Toyota, donated 17 million yuan, of which 10 million yuan was donated by China FAW, 6 million yuan was donated by FAW-Volkswagen, and 1 million yuan was donated by FAW-Toyota; NDT New Energy Science and Technology Co. donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Red Cross; Jaguar Land Rover (China) Investment Co. Jaguar Land Rover Automobile Co., Ltd. donated 8 million yuan; Linglong Tire Co. has successively donated 5 million yuan to the Red Cross in Wuhan, Jingmen and other places, and at the same time for the Vulcan Mountain Hospital construction vehicles and other rescue vehicles, free tire service; Touhou car maintenance to the Red Cross in East and West Lake District of Wuhan City, a donation of 5 million yuan; Shell China donated 2 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation for emergency...?
On January 26, Beijing Benz Automotive Co. and Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales & Service Co. donated 10 million yuan through the China Youth Development Foundation; Yongda Group donated 10 million yuan by the Yongda Public Welfare Foundation; BMW (China) Automotive Trading Co. and BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. donated 5 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation; Michelin (China) Investment Co. China) Investment Co., Ltd. donated 3 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation; Azure purchased 300,000 yuan of medical supplies, including masks, medical caps and surgical gowns, and contacted the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Wuhan Automobile Association, distributing them to various hospitals according to need.
In addition to the automakers we are familiar with, companies such as auto parts and dealers are also contributing, whether it's direct donations, medical supplies or travel services, to the fight against the epidemic.
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Running to the front line, 'retrograde' against the epidemic
Besides donations of funds and medical supplies, many car companies are heading to the front line of the epidemic to help Wuhan.
January 30, JAC sent 9 Golfe heavy trucks, 1 Ruifeng M6 commercial vehicles, and other logistics companies 3 heavy trucks composed of emergency fleet, loaded with 8 varieties, 300 tons of fresh vegetables, by the Hefei Zhougudui Daxing International Logistics Park of Agricultural Products, to ensure that the people of Wuhan to eat fresh and safe vegetables.
At the same time, SAIC shipped 2.38 tons of medical masks and 40,000 sets of protective clothing to Wuhan, most of which were collected by local Chinese associations in Australia, and shipped back from Sydney to support frontline medical staff.
Considering the current shortage of domestic medical and prevention and control materials, BYD's overseas branch played its resident convenience advantage, coordinating foreign resources, purchasing 1 million yuan worth of epidemic prevention and control materials N95 masks, with the fastest speed overseas "with goods" for the fight against the epidemic on the front line of the medical personnel, public **** The N95 masks were brought overseas at the fastest speed to provide help and support to healthcare workers, public ****, and transportation industry workers.
On January 25, BAIC Foton attacked the production of negative-pressure ambulances after the outbreak of the epidemic, and rushed to make negative-pressure ambulances of brands such as Tuyano, Scenic G9 and Scenic G7, striving for the completion of the work on February 1st. In addition, BAIC Foton also coordinated all the local Ouman dump vehicles in Wuhan to "speed up" the construction of Vulcan Mountain Hospital.
Shanghai Automobile Works Corporation (SAIC) decided to return to work on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jan. 25, after receiving 60 negative-pressure ambulances from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to help fight the epidemic; Brilliance Group received the instruction from MIIT to produce the first 30 negative-pressure ambulances, and immediately organized preparations to make good preparations for the confirmation of the basic vehicles and other aspects to ensure the successful completion of the production task; Dongfeng Xiaokang donated ** to Hubei Provincial Charity Federation through Chongqing Charity Federation; and Dongfeng Xiaokang donated ** to Hubei Provincial Charity Federation through Chongqing Charity Federation. The General Association of Chongqing Municipal Charity donated *** total value of about 5 million yuan of Dongfeng Fengguang 580, Dongfeng Fengguang ix7 and other vehicles to help fight the new coronavirus infection pneumonia epidemic.
At the time of the outbreak, Geely Holding Group's travel service platform, Cao Cao Travel (Wuhan), also set up a fleet of emergency prevention and control protection vehicles, which will provide free travel services to residents of Wuhan's various communities on the premise that drivers protect themselves. In addition, Geely also donated 50 MPVs, Geely Jiaji, to the Wuhan New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command for unified transportation deployment by the local epidemic prevention and control department.
Academician Zhong Nanshan said with tears in his eyes that Wuhan is a city of heroes, and we believe that Wuhan can pass the test. We also believe that with the help of all sectors of the community, Wuhan will be able to tide over the difficulties.
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