During the Spring Festival of 2020, people across the country were experiencing a protracted battle against the new coronavirus, and this time Wuhan, the hardest-hit area, reaped the benefits of relief from all walks of life in a short period of time. With the development of the new coronavirus infection pneumonia epidemic, many car companies reflect the spirit of commitment, has launched the Wuhan region to assist the action.
Dongfeng, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Guangzhou Automobile and other donations
In the evening of January 23, Dongfeng Motor urgently decided to donate 10 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation for the purchase of anti-epidemic materials and other products to fight the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. The headquarter of DFM and some of its enterprises are located in Wuhan, where the epidemic is highly prevalent. The Party Committee of DFM pays close attention to the changes of the epidemic, organizes and convenes a special meeting on the new coronavirus epidemic in a timely manner, and makes comprehensive arrangements and deployments for the work of preventing the epidemic, and makes concerted efforts to actively act, and endeavors to take the political and social responsibilities of the centralized enterprises, and gives full support to cooperate with the Hubei Province to prevent the epidemic from spreading in a practical manner.
On January 26, GAC Group announced that it would donate 5 million yuan to support Wuhan's anti-epidemic work with GAC Honda, GAC Toyota and GAC Passenger Cars. Among them, GAC Group headquarters and GAC Honda donated 2 million and 1 million yuan in cash respectively, which will be donated to Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Association, and deployed for use by Wuhan New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command. For its part, GAC Toyota donated 1 million yuan in cash, which will be donated to the Hubei Red Cross through the GAC Toyota Public Welfare Fund of the China Red Cross Foundation, and is planned to be used for the purchase of urgently-needed protective gear such as protective suits, goggles, masks, etc. and other medical consumables, in order to protect frontline healthcare workers and support frontline volunteers. GAC Passenger Vehicles will also donate the new generation of GA6 sedans worth 1 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Association, which will be uniformly deployed and used by the Wuhan New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command.
On the same day, luxury brands Mercedes-Benz and BMW also followed to lend a helping hand. BMW (China) Automotive Trading Co., Ltd. and BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. decided today that they will donate RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation through the China Charity Federation's BMW Warm Heart Fund as a matter of urgency to combat the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Hubei Province, especially in Wuhan City, and that the donation will be used to subsidize the urgently needed face masks, protective suits, protective masks, and other critical supplies and related treatment work at local hospitals in Hubei Province, especially in Wuhan. The donation will be mainly used to subsidize the local hospitals in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan, which are in urgent need of masks, protective clothing, protective masks and other critical supplies, as well as related treatment work.
Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales & Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. together with their dealer partners announced today that they will donate 10 million RMB through the Mercedes-Benz Star Wish Fund of the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) to support the prevention and control of the pneumonia outbreak nationwide. The donation will be mainly used to equip hospitals in Wuhan and other provinces and cities with medical supplies such as masks, goggles, protective suits and kits, as well as to reward healthcare workers who have made outstanding contributions and provide financial support to young people with illnesses from families in need.
On January 27, FAW-Volkswagen, in cooperation with its three brands Volkswagen, Audi and Jetta, donated 6 million yuan to the areas where the outbreak had occurred to combat the new coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic. Adhering to the corporate social responsibility value of "social demand-oriented", FAW-Volkswagen will continue to pay attention to the prevention and control of the epidemic and provide timely and powerful support for the fight against the epidemic. ***We will continue to provide strong support to fight against the epidemic in a timely manner.
Suppliers, Michelin and Ningde Times also sent donations as soon as possible after learning of the outbreak. on January 26, Michelin (China) Investment Company Limited decided to urgently donate 3 million yuan to the Wuhan Municipal Charity Federation. on January 27, the Ningde Times official donation of 10 million yuan to the Red Cross Society of Hubei Province, the funds will be used by the unified deployment of the command of the epidemic prevention and control headquarters, the donation will be all be used for the frontline fight as well as prevention and control work in the epidemic area.
Ford, SAIC Datsun and others accelerated the construction of medical supplies
Medical relief supplies are the top priority of the epidemic prevention and control war, which commercial vehicle companies are working overtime to produce ambulances, and the rest of the car companies have also been called to meet the medical specifications of the relevant materials. on January 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the production of 25 ambulances with negative pressure to the BAIC Foton Automobile Company Limited, which was coordinated by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. Similarly, the MIIT gave SAIC Datsun the task of producing 60 negative-pressure ambulances, which was coordinated by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Informatization.
Ford China teamed up with partner Jiangling Ford to support the fight against the epidemic across the country, Ford Transit negative pressure ambulances are working overtime to customize the production and successively assembled, departed to the country's various "battlegrounds". It is understood that Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. has received more than 600 ambulance chassis orders from all over the country, of which more than 200 sets of negative-pressure monitoring ambulances are specially designed to deal with the pneumonia epidemic.
In addition, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. urgently mobilized available materials, raising standard white hooded suits 400 sets, 1,000 pairs of latex gloves, 1,200 medical masks for use by the epidemic emergency fleet.
On Jan. 25, Shenzhou Rent-A-Car issued a notice saying that from the immediate start, it will provide free cars to the national organizations and media that participate in the medical rescue. The company has also set up a local "medical protection fleet" to provide free travel services for medical workers in hospitals in Wuhan, and is on standby for the Spring Festival, with all costs borne by the company.
Dongfeng Motor, which has donated 10 million to its Dongfeng Net Taxi APP platform, urgently set up a "Dongfeng Travel" fleet to escort health care workers to the front line. Dongfeng Travel" also emergency coordination of resources from all sides, from Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd. and other sister units to collect 800 sets of protective clothing, issued to the anti-epidemic emergency fleet and its branches and subsidiaries.
Responding to the call, Wuhan area car companies to evacuate
Wuhan is one of China's six passenger car base, bringing together the United States, Japan, France, the domestic independent and other car systems, is the national automotive industry layout of the most complete car system of the city. Wuhan has a large number of car companies and auto parts and automobile enterprises, Shenlong, SAIC-GM, Dongfeng Honda, etc. are gathered here. Currently within Hubei Province, *** there are 160 related enterprises within the automobile industry chain.
In response to the outbreak, many car companies' Wuhan bases/plants have initiated emergency measures. Honda Motor recently announced that the company's employees in Japan and the United States are in principle banned from traveling to Wuhan on business. General Motors also said in a statement that global employees must also get management approval to travel to Wuhan if the trip is business-critical.
For its part, PSA Group has decided to transfer 38 expatriates and their families working in Wuhan back to their home countries, while it will take appropriate measures with joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor to take care of Shenlong Automobile employees. In addition, some factories, including PSA's Wuhan plant, have been shut down, and internal meetings will be replaced by teleconferences.
GM has begun restricting employee travel to Wuhan, China. In an e-mailed statement, GM said the company will completely re-examine plans for global employee travel to Wuhan, which must be approved by management.
Writing in the end:
Epidemics have no mercy, and "one side in trouble, eight sides to support" has always been the Chinese nation's most unshakeable spirit in times of hardship and obstacles. So far, the total amount of donations from car companies has been nearly one hundred million yuan, and in the face of the powerful virus, more and more car companies are joining the rescue team. As individuals, what we can do is to listen to the arrangements, try to avoid the possibility of secondary transmission/infection of the virus, so that the epidemic can be dispersed as soon as possible.
This article comes from the authors of Automobile House Car Family, and does not represent the viewpoint position of Automobile House.