January 23rd 10 o'clock, "nine provinces" Wuhan began to close the city. A big "epidemic" has swept across the country in the beginning of the year.
The new coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic has continued to become an urgent problem in China, the epidemic situation has always touched the hearts of people across the country.
Wuhan sealed off the city on the first night, originating in Shiyan, rising in Jingchu, headquartered in Wuhan, Dongfeng Automobile Group, urgently donated tens of millions of money and goods to the Wuhan Charity Federation, and organized a fleet of vehicles to support Wuhan and Shiyan.
Other domestic car companies also responded quickly.
Geely, Great Wall, BYD, Chery, Azure, Xiaopeng, Weimar and others have lent a helping hand, and SINOMACH and the China Automotive Technology Research Center, among others, have been channelling their strengths to stem the tide of the epidemic.
The donation list of the automotive industry in support of the fight against the epidemic continues to be updated, with BAIC announcing a donation of 17 million yuan, Volvo donating 11 million yuan, China FAW and FAW-Volkswagen making additional donations of up to 40 million yuan each, and JAC Volkswagen, Triangle Tire, and Japan's Denso entering the list of donors as well.
China FAW announced on February 2, China FAW and FAW-Volkswagen were additional donations of 40 million yuan, a total of 80 million yuan, plus FAW Toyota's 1 million yuan, the cumulative total of donations to 81 million yuan of China FAW Group, and the establishment of epidemic prevention and control of a special fund, resolutely help to win the battle against the epidemic. At present, the donation fund has been formally joint China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation began to implement, money, materials, vehicles and all other work in accordance with the planning of the intense and orderly, the materials have been arriving in Hubei.
Ford China has joined hands with its partner Jiangling Ford to support the fight against the epidemic all over the country, and the Ford Transit negative-pressure ambulances are working overtime to customize the production and have been assembled, and departed to various "battlefields" across the country, responding positively to and supporting the arrangements of the governments at all levels.
Beijing Automobile Works (BAIC) Group said that it has donated 17 million yuan to 10 of its subsidiaries, including Foton, BAIC Off-road, Beijing Automobile, BAIC New Energy and Fujian Benz.
The donation from BAIC will be used to purchase emergency relief supplies for the infected area to meet the needs of saving patients. These materials will be donated to China Charity Federation, and through China Charity Federation, they will be distributed to the five provinces of Hubei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan and Hunan, where the epidemic is currently most severe, as well as Beijing Municipality.
Beijing Automobile Group (BAIC) said that covering 10 million yuan from Beijing Mercedes-Benz, 15 million yuan from Beijing Hyundai and Hyundai Motor, as well as 1 million yuan from Beijing Hyundai Finance, BAIC and its members and affiliates have accumulated 43 million yuan in donations and supplies through different channels.
In addition, Fujian Benz and BAIC Foton responded to the negative pressure ambulance production task issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and resumed work during the New Year to ensure the production of negative pressure ambulances, and many negative pressure ambulances have been involved in the fight against the epidemic.
At the same time, Volvo Cars also announced that it will set up a special fund to fight against the new coronary virus through the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation, and the first batch of 1 million donations will be directed to support the pathogenesis of the new coronary virus in the Shanghai Municipal Public ****health Clinical Center, clinical research, vaccine research and development as well as the development of related medicines, in order to prevent the spread of the virus at its root.
At the same time, Volvo Cars will donate 10 million RMB in medical emergency supplies and equipment to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and some of the city's top tertiary hospitals for use in the prevention and control of the epidemic. Both donations will be made by Volvo Cars in collaboration with the Li Shufu Public Welfare Foundation Epidemic Prevention and Control Special Fund***.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has likewise given SAIC Datsun the task of producing 60 negative-pressure ambulances, which will be coordinated by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a call went out and SAIC Datsun started full-scale production. Ten days later, 60 SAIC Datsun V80 will be transformed into negative-pressure ambulances and go to the front line for support; Datsun 5G live caravan went into Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital to have a close-distance conversation with front-line medical practitioners; and 100 Datsun G10 prevention and control volunteer convoys escorted ......
Additionally, there are a number of automobile enterprises that play to their global channel The company's advantage is that it buys medical supplies from overseas and transports them back to the country. Chery Automobile said on February 1, the company has been from Israel, Brazil, Russia, Argentina and other more than 10 countries to raise the domestic shortage of medical protection materials, has now arrived at home one after another. Geely said, from Sweden, Belarus procurement of medical supplies shipped back to China. BYD said the company added 1 million yuan worth of N95 masks, purchased by the overseas branch shipped back to the country.
More automakers, new car makers and parts companies are taking action with confidence. Sailun Group donated 10 million yuan, the Azure User Trust decided to raise 5 million yuan of special funds for epidemic prevention and control, Weimar donated 4 million yuan of supplies, Shandong Gongrong Automobile Manufacturing Co. donated 1 million yuan, Chengli Automobile Group donated 1 million yuan to the Red Cross Society of China, Hubei Sannhuan Forging Co. donated 1 million yuan, Yutong Bus donated 10 negative-pressure ambulances, and Xinte Automobile donated 10,000 sets of protective materials ...... As of the evening of January 29, according to incomplete statistics, the automotive industry-related enterprises love donations totaling more than 770 million yuan.
Automotive industry to support the anti-epidemic donation funds list (updated on February 7)
Due to the crisis of the epidemic, public **** activities have been stopped and some public **** places have been closed across the country. The State Council has also recommended an appropriate extension of the vacation period to avoid further spread of the epidemic.
This is not good news for China's auto market in 2020, though. But in the face of the catastrophe, every car company and every person is working together to fight the epidemic, Wuhan go, China go!
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