January 25, the first day of the Gengzi year. Unlike the New Year's blessings received in previous years, more than 20 overseas directors of Chery's international team received an urgent task from Zhang Guibing, general manager of Chery's international company, at the same time - Chery Holding Group's group to fight the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, requesting the international company to immediately start the procurement of overseas anti-coronavirus materials, and to raise funds globally to provide medical masks, medical gloves, medical equipment, medical equipment, medical equipment, medical equipment and medical equipment. Medical masks, medical gloves, surgical gowns, goggles, protective clothing, thermometers and other domestic shortage of medical resources, to support the domestic epidemic prevention and control.
The picture shows Chery's Russian emergency procurement team delivering 10,080 medical masks to Moscow airport on Feb. 2
A race against time for emergency procurement was quickly launched in Chery's major overseas bases and overseas partner channels. Brazil, Russia, Kuwait, Israel, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Vietnam ...... The list of countries on the procurement list increased one by one. Just six days later on January 31, the first batch of more than 30,000 pairs of N95-type masks and medical disposable masks urgently purchased from Israel, Central Asia and other regions arrived in the country and delivered to the government departments.
As of February 2, Chery International's overseas team ****counted 56,060 pairs of N95 protective masks; 65,000 pairs of disposable medical masks; 1,200 sets of coveralls; 11,000 sets of disposable surgical gowns; 1,000 sets of outdoor frontal-type thermometers; 5,000 pairs of anti-fog goggles; and 10,000 pairs of medical sterile gloves. Two batches of materials have already arrived in China, and other materials will arrive back in 3-7 days. Chery International plans to purchase a total of *** about 150,000 pieces of anti-crown materials from overseas and deliver them to government departments for epidemic prevention and control.
Racing against time? Just to let the materials return to the country one flight earlier
Chery International Brazil Region General Manager Xu Qingsong, director Zhang Xiaofei led, with Brazilian partners to set up an emergency procurement team, contacted a number of local Brazilian suppliers to confirm the number of medical supplies, models and technical standards, and asked for direct delivery of stock and overtime production, from the inquiry and negotiation of prices to the materials to focus on reaching the factory in just one and a half days.
The Brazilian tax invoicing process is complicated, and it takes about 7 days from order creation to invoicing according to normal procedures. Time is life! Chery's emergency procurement team opened an emergency program, and the Chinese and Brazilian staff advanced in multiple ways, completing the financial invoices six days ahead of schedule, buying valuable time for the transportation of materials.
The picture shows that Chery Brazil emergency procurement team packed the supplies overnight to take the earliest flights
After the occurrence of the new crown epidemic in China, Europe and the United States canceled or reduced the flights to China, and the position was very tight. Within the supplies purchased by Chery, there were a number of finished temperature testers with their own button batteries, which belonged to the aviation embargoed parts. Chery's CMB staff worked overtime overnight to dismantle the batteries of more than 1,000 temperature testers and repackaged them, reducing the packing volume, rushing the time and grabbing the warehouse space, and finally successfully took the earliest flight back to China.
Global action? A helping hand from overseas family members
At the critical moment of fighting the epidemic, Chery's overseas partners who have cooperated with the company over the years have also lent a helping hand in the battle against the epidemic. In Vietnam, Chery's local partners ran to a number of medical mask manufacturers through various relationships, and finally came up with the planned number of purchases. In Argentina, more than 20,000 kilometers away, SOCMA, which has been cooperating with Chery for more than 10 years, donated 26,000 medical masks on January 30th after hearing that Chery was trying to find ways to urgently purchase medical protection supplies, and mobilized the whole company to find masks that meet the medical standards in Argentina.
Medical supplies donated by some overseas partners
Mr. Maffioli, CEO of Sokomar Group, specially wrote to Chery, saying, "We feel that the donation of 26,000 masks is far from enough, and in addition to the fact that we are Chery's partners, Chery and we are part of a big family. When families need help, all family members must provide assistance." At the same time, he himself is contacting the national authorities of the Argentine Ministry of Health in the name of the vice president of the Argentine Automobile Business Association in the hope of securing special support to increase the number of donations of medical masks and suits, and to continue to contribute to China's fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.
All hands on deck? Early Victory in the Fight Against the Epidemic
Since the occurrence of this new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, Chery Holdings Group has acted swiftly. On the one hand, it has set up a team to fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic with Yin Tongyue, the Group's Party Secretary and Chairman, as the leader, to guide each unit to act swiftly, to deploy measures in place closely, to do a good job of strict prevention and control work within the group, and to strictly prevent and guard against the new pneumonia. On the other hand, we have been supporting the domestic epidemic prevention and control through donations and contributions, overseas purchases, production of ambulance equipment and other forms.
On January 28, in order to help contain the epidemic at an early date, Chery Holdings Group Co. decided to donate 10 million yuan, including the provision of cash, special ambulance vehicles, as well as medical protective masks, suits, goggles and other medical protective materials. During the Spring Festival, Chery Holdings Group under the Chery Ruifu Special Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. took the initiative to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to apply for the support of the epidemic area of 20 sets of negative pressure ambulance production tasks, and the second day of the New Year formally started. As of February 1, 12 units have come off the production line, 20 vehicles are expected to be delivered on February 5th.
Chery Riviera worked overtime during the Spring Festival to produce negative pressure ambulances
In Wuhu, Anhui Province, where Chery Holdings Group is headquartered, in order to effectively interrupt the spread of the new coronavirus, since 24:00 on January 31st, the urban cruising cabs have all ceased operation, and the local transport management department has formed a party member's vanguard of emergency volunteer service fleet to provide emergency travel services for free to the special populations. Chery Holding Group under the Chery rental company pioneer fleet, mainly party members of the 15 drivers voluntarily signed up to join the local emergency volunteer service fleet.
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