Wuhan was declared a "closed city" on January 23rd, and the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak has suddenly become a national concern and a critical topic for you and me. At the start of the Chinese New Year holiday, when people were eager to return home for family reunions, the escalation of the outbreak brought the festive mood to an abrupt end, and whether or not you are directly associated with Wuhan, the only sub-provincial and megacity in six central provinces with a population of more than 10 million people, you should have been a little confused. Subsequent developments in the outbreak showed that the closure of the city was necessary. Wuhan and Hubei province have shown their commitment to controlling the outbreak from spreading outside the city.
As Gao Li, the WHO representative in China, said in a media interview, attempting to seal off a major city of 11 million people is an unprecedented move in the history of public **** health. The author lives in Wuhan, and the release of the city sealing policy is still quite a shock to the hearts of ordinary Wuhanites. Previously, the mainstream media in Wuhan for the unknown pneumonia report is not much, and did not attract the attention of most people. In Wuhan, both the annual meeting of enterprises and the vacation of colleges and universities were in order, and there was no difference. But around mid- to late January, some WeChat groups in Wuhan have begun to circulate photos of outpatient doctors upgrading their protection. Although some Wuhan people began to ride the subway consciously wear masks, but the vast majority of Wuhan people's protection is also limited to this.
On January 20, academician Zhong Nanshan said in an interview that the new coronavirus has determined that the phenomenon of "human-to-human transmission" has occurred. January 21, the National Health Commission issued Announcement No. 1, in which the National Health Commission decided to put the new coronavirus-infected pneumonia into the management of statutory infectious diseases of category B, and to take the preventive and control measures of category A infectious diseases. The city of Wuhan was closed from 10:00 a.m. on January 23rd, and Wuhan's airport and train station were temporarily closed. After the closure, queues appeared in some supermarkets and gas stations in Wuhan, and people began to stock up on supplies and consciously reduced going out. With the increasing number of media reports of pneumonia in Wuhan and the implementation of the city's traffic ban, Wuhan is not only the former crowded Han Street, the entrance to the door, Jianghan Road, Tubu Lane, sparsely populated, the road vehicles, pedestrians have also been reduced significantly, the former bustling Wuhan is nearly empty city.
After the closure of the city, life in Wuhan is more or less inconvenient. Buses and subways are completely shut down, and there are some difficulties for the public to travel. In addition, Wuhan city is currently the main place of business for supermarkets and some pharmacies, street stores are generally not open. For Wuhan citizens, the daily routine outside the "morning" (breakfast) must be solved at home, hot noodles, bean skin, egg wine, these local snacks can only be in the heart of the silent luxury. Despite the inconvenience, people still expect that life will always get better. As Zhong Nanshan said, Wuhan was originally a heroic city. After the outbreak, Wuhan citizens actively cooperated with the national anti-epidemic measures, did a good job of isolation and protection, and did not go out when they could. At the same time, after the outbreak, the state's support for Wuhan is unprecedented, whether it is the medical force, or material rationing are prioritized to Wuhan. As an insider, I can say that the hearts of the people of Wuhan are stable.
In this critical situation, the brother provinces, all sectors of society have to provide help. As an important force in the national economy, the automotive industry has also been generous in this battle against pneumonia, not only pouring out money to buy medical supplies, but also playing the industrial advantage, providing special vehicles to support.
As an automobile company headquartered in Hubei Province, Dongfeng has made a lot of contributions to this epidemic. Dongfeng Motor Group can be said to be one of the earliest action of the car companies. the night of January 23, the lunar New Year's Eve, Wuhan has just declared "closed city", Dongfeng urgent decision to Wuhan Charity Federation to donate 10 million yuan. Zhu Yanfeng, Chairman and Secretary of Party Committee of Dongfeng Group, who is at home in Changchun, also stayed in Wuhan and personally directed the Group's prevention and control work. 10 million yuan was donated to Shiyan Charity Federation and Xiangyang Red Cross respectively by DFM on January 26; 3 million yuan was donated by its Dongfeng Motor Company Limited and Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company Limited to prevent and control the epidemic and provide medical aid; and about 3 million yuan was donated to Hubei Provincial Charity Federation by Dongfeng Xiaokang Automobile Company Limited, a subsidiary of DFM. Ltd. donated Dongfeng Fengguang 580, Dongfeng Fengguang ix7 and other vehicles valued at about 5 million yuan to Hubei Charity Federation. As of January 31, the cumulative donations of DFM Group to the epidemic area have reached 41 million yuan.
Among the state-owned conglomerates, BAIC is not far behind. As of February 2, BAIC Group and its enterprises and affiliates have accumulated 43 million yuan in donations.
Beijing Benz took the lead on January 26, donating 10 million yuan through the Mercedes-Benz Star Wish Fund of the China Youth Development Foundation.
January 28, Beijing Hyundai joined hands with the Hyundai Motor Group to donate 5 million yuan worth of medical supplies and 10 million yuan in cash to the Red Cross Society of Hubei Province. donated 10 million yuan in cash. Beixin Finance also donated 1 million yuan. on February 2, BAIC released a news release saying that the group headquarters and its 10 automobile-related units: Beijing Automotive, Beijing Off-road, BAIC New Energy, BAIC Foton, BAIC Changhe, Fujian Mercedes-Benz, Hainachuan, BAIC Panglong, BAIC Industry and Investment, and BAIC Finance, **** with a donation of 17 million yuan.
In addition to the Dongfeng, Geely Automobile epidemic donations are also quite powerful. 28 January, Geely Holding Group, together with Li Shufu Public Welfare Foundation, the establishment of 200 million yuan new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control of special funds for the support of Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan and other serious areas of the national new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control of the epidemic work. Meanwhile, the Foundation said it will further increase the size of the fund in accordance with the needs of epidemic prevention and control. Volvo Asia Pacific also announced that it would donate 10 million RMB in medical emergency supplies and equipment to Shanghai medical institutions, and at the same time, set up a special fund to fight the new coronavirus through the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation, with the first batch of 1 million RMB.
The vocation of an enterprise is to earn profits, and the size of the donation should also be compatible with its own operation.On the evening of January 30, Chongqing Chang'an Automobile (000625) released its 2019?annual results forecast, which is expected to attribute to shareholders of the listed company's net profit for a loss of 2.4-2.9 billion yuan, and the basic earnings per share for a loss of 0.50 yuan/share - 0.60 yuan/share, down 452.56%-526.01% from the same period last year. Despite the operating loss, Changan Automobile also showed a rare act of righteousness in this epidemic. According to reports, Changan Automobile Group decided to donate 10 million RMB to fully support the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic infected by the new coronavirus. Among them, Changan Automobile donated 5 million yuan, Changan Ford donated 2 million yuan, Changan Mazda donated 2 million yuan and Changan Cross donated 1 million yuan.
By the impact of the 2019 subsidy regression, new energy vehicle sales fell sharply, emerging car-making forces generally difficult. But in the face of the epidemic, emerging car-making forces also do their best. january 26, azalea automobile announced the provision of 300,000 yuan worth of related materials. january 28, azalea automobile set up a user trust to set up a special fund of 5 million yuan to be used for this epidemic; new car-making force wima automobile announced a donation of 4 million yuan of materials to huanggang city in hubei province, including masks and other medical supplies, anti-epidemic work vehicles and cash payments, etc. Xiaopeng Auto provided 3 million yuan in supplies; Ideal Auto donated 2 million yuan, and Nezha Auto also announced a 1 million yuan donation.
Automotive parts suppliers are also not short of volunteers, and on Jan. 30, Fuyao Group, the world's largest automotive glass supplier, announced a donation of 100 million yuan from the He Ren Ci Shan Foundation to support the fight against the epidemic in Hubei and Fujian provinces.
In a variety of supplies to deal with the epidemic, negative pressure ambulances are undoubtedly directly related to the automotive industry. The so-called "negative pressure" is the ambulance air pressure is lower than the outside air pressure, so the air can only flow from the outside of the car to the car, and the negative pressure ambulance can also be harmless air inside the car after treatment, can be in the process of transporting the patient to do safe isolation. In addition, this kind of ambulance is equipped with respirator, defibrillator, cardiac monitor and other full set of rescue equipment. Many commercial vehicle companies have accelerated the production of negative-pressure ambulances as well as special transportation vehicles in the nick of time.
During the holiday season, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a negative pressure ambulance production task to a number of car companies. Fujian Benz, BAIC Foton since the first day of the New Year on the resumption of work to protect the negative pressure ambulance production. SAIC Datsun Wuxi Shenlian Special Purpose Vehicle Company compressed the one-month production cycle to 10 days to urgently complete the delivery of 60 negative pressure ambulances. Jiangling, Brilliance, Yutong, Chery and other companies are also urgently organizing production.
The pneumonia brought unprecedented losses. Not only Wuhan City, Hubei Province, or other regions of the country have suffered a great impact. It can be expected that the domestic car market will have a serious decline in the first quarter of this year. At the same time, cars are essentially consumer durables, and once economic conditions tighten, car sales tend to dip even more. According to related media reports, Ye Qing, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Statistics, predicted that the car market in the first quarter or 30% negative growth. Auto sales fell sharply on the profitability of the already weak dealers is undoubtedly worse. If manufacturers do not intervene, many dealers may be affected by normal business. I believe that after the end of the epidemic, the domestic automobile manufacturers will increase support for dealers. According to the latest news, in order to reduce the pressure of dealer partners, Volvo Cars has launched a number of dealer care policies, including not to set sales targets in February, direct staff subsidies for dealers, many business projects, such as special support. Volvo Cars has taken the lead in launching dealer support policies.
Skin does not exist, hair will be attached. According to reports, in response to the epidemic, China Automobile Dealers Association President Shen Jinjun said that the automobile industry should emphasize the national interests of the priority, the people's lives and health priority, now is not the time to talk about the loss of the auto industry. I believe that after the epidemic, the development of the automobile industry will return to a healthy track.
It is well known that the domestic auto sales have been in negative growth for 2 consecutive years. In the fierce market competition, the profitability of automobile enterprises is relatively limited. Nevertheless, the performance of domestic automobile enterprises in this epidemic is remarkable. Putting aside the real difficulties, they support the fight against the epidemic through various ways. A party in trouble, eight parties to support. It is with each other hand in hand, **** overcome the difficulties, we can go farther together.
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car family number, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.