When SARS broke out in November 2002, the author was in elementary school. My parents fumigated and disinfected the house with vinegar every day. Our school teachers required us to take our temperatures and drink isatis root every day. At that time, I was young and ignorant and lived in a relatively backward rural area. I didn't understand why my elders did this. It was not until many years later that my brothers and sisters in the family entered the medical field, and they understood the seriousness of the SARS incident and understood that this was an epidemic prevention and control war without gunpowder. Now many years have passed, and at the beginning of the new year of 2020, the sudden outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia broke the supposedly peaceful and joyful holiday atmosphere. The epidemic gradually spread, affecting the hearts of millions of people, including this author.
What is different from the youth and ignorance back then is that although I am weak now, I know that I should remind my family, colleagues and friends more, go out less, wash hands frequently and wear masks, etc. Doing what I can is to fight against the epidemic. Best help. When one side is in trouble, support from all sides has been a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Now we are in a critical period of epidemic prevention and control. All sectors of society are actively coordinating and allocating necessary resources and investing in the battle of epidemic prevention and control in different forms.
Our ancestors have always taught us to say what we can, do what we can, think beyond what we can think, and only by not being afraid of difficulties can we achieve great things. Although my country's automobile industry started late, after decades of development, it has ranked first in global production and sales for 10 consecutive years and has long been well-known at home and abroad. Now in the face of the epidemic, domestic and foreign car companies are setting an example and doing what they can. So far, more than 25 car companies have contributed to epidemic prevention and control in the form of donations and materials.
Among the many car companies fighting the epidemic, many have donated vehicles for epidemic prevention and control. Manufacturing companies such as Beiqi Foton, Fujian Benz, SAIC Maxus, Brilliance Renault, Jiangling Ford, Chery River Special Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. resumed work ahead of schedule and worked overtime to produce negative pressure ambulances.
Among them, Jiangling Group donated 10 Ford Transit negative pressure monitoring ambulances to Wuhan and rushed to manufacture 1,300 ambulances to meet emergency needs across the country. The first batch of 32 vehicles was used for pneumonia transfer treatment. The negative pressure monitoring ambulance will be on the front line of epidemic prevention and control.
Beiqi Foton negative pressure ambulances are composed of Tuano, Scenery G9 and Scenery G7***. At the same time, Beiqi Foton also coordinates all local Auman dump vehicles in Wuhan and participates in Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital. construction.
In addition, the Geely brand under Geely Holding Group will also donate 50 Geely Jiaji MPV models to the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters for unified transportation deployment by the local epidemic prevention and control department.
Dongfeng Xiaokang Automobile Co., Ltd. has decided to donate Dongfeng Fengguang 580, Dongfeng Fengguang ix7 and other vehicles to the Hubei Charity Federation through the Chongqing Charity Federation, with a total value of approximately 5 million yuan, to continue to support the fight against Novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.
GAC Passenger Cars will also donate a new generation Trumpchi GA6 sedan worth 1 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Federation, which will be uniformly deployed and used by the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters.
In addition, "FAW Travel", a subsidiary of China FAW, organizes a "special love fleet" to provide corresponding travel services to medical staff and citizens according to the needs of Wuhan City. At the same time, in cities covered by "FAW Travel" business, if traffic control measures are adopted due to epidemic prevention and control, "FAW Travel" will organize a "special love fleet", which will be uniformly dispatched and used by the local government.
Dongfeng Travel has established a community fleet of 1,000 vehicles (including 700 online ride-hailing vehicles and 300 taxis). According to the requirements of the Wuhan New Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters, it is a community-oriented vehicle fleet. Provide free services. In addition, T3 Travel, Caocao Travel Wuhan Company, FAW Travel Wuhan Branch, etc. have also successively established emergency support travel fleets to provide free travel services to community residents.
In addition to donating vehicles, rushing to build ambulances, and forming travel teams, many car companies have contributed to epidemic prevention and control by donating cash to purchase supplies for unified deployment and use by the country. Among them, Dongfeng Motor Group's joint venture brands such as Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Nissan, Dongfeng Infiniti, and Dongfeng Renault, as well as independent brands such as Dongfeng Venucia, Dongfeng Fengshen, and Dongfeng Fengxing, donated 10 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation on January 23. Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries donated another 26 million yuan to Hubei on January 26. In addition, Dongfeng Honda Motor Co., Ltd. urgently mobilized available materials and donated 400 sets of standard white hooded protective clothing, 1,000 pairs of latex gloves, and 1,200 medical masks to Dongfeng Mobility for use by the fleet in response to the epidemic.
China FAW, together with its subsidiaries FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Toyota, donated 17 million yuan in cash to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection nationwide, especially in Wuhan. Among them, China FAW donated 10 million yuan, FAW-Volkswagen donated 6 million yuan, and FAW Toyota donated 1 million yuan. Among them, 5 million yuan will be used to provide epidemic prevention and control command and epidemic prevention emergency support vehicles for Wuhan City and other provinces and cities with severe epidemics. The rest will be used to purchase medicines, medical equipment, test kits, Medical supplies such as masks, goggles, protective clothing, and "emergency relief" subsidies to reward medical staff who have made outstanding contributions and needy families.
GAC Group will donate 5 million yuan with GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Passenger Vehicle and other companies. Among them, 2 million yuan in cash from GAC Group Headquarters and 1 million yuan in cash from GAC Honda will be donated to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Association, and will be uniformly deployed and used by the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters to make overall arrangements for the purchase of urgently needed supplies. Protective and medical supplies; GAC Toyota donated 1 million yuan in cash to the Hubei Red Cross Society through the China Red Cross Foundation GAC Toyota Charity Fund, and plans to use it to purchase urgently needed protective clothing, goggles, masks and other medical supplies. Supplies to protect frontline healthcare workers and support frontline volunteers.
Geely Holding Group has joined hands with the Li Shufu Charity Foundation to set up a special fund of 200 million yuan for the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic to purchase urgently needed masks, disinfectants, goggles, ventilators and other epidemic medical supplies; to support the epidemic Construction of regional temporary hospitals; providing necessary help and support to medical staff, soldiers, construction personnel, journalists and volunteers fighting on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, to support Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan and other areas with serious new pneumonia epidemics across the country epidemic prevention and control work. At the same time, Geely Holding Group is actively cooperating with its overseas subsidiaries to raise funds to purchase urgently needed medical supplies for epidemic prevention and control in countries and regions such as Sweden. The first batch of 250,000 medical masks has been sent to China from Sweden.
Great Wall Motors decided to donate RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation. Among them, 3 million yuan was used to purchase urgently needed epidemic prevention and control materials such as medical protective clothing, masks, positive pressure isolation gowns, protective masks, goggles, disinfectants and other materials in more than ten cities in Hubei, including Wuhan, Qianjiang, Huanggang, and Xiaogan. Medical consumables to protect frontline medical staff and support frontline volunteers; another 2 million yuan will be used for unified deployment and use by the Hubei Provincial New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters.
Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. decided to donate 10 million yuan, including providing cash, special ambulance vehicles, and medical protective masks, protective clothing, goggles and other medical protective materials, mainly to support Hubei and other areas where the epidemic is severely affected area. Among them, medical supplies such as medical masks, protective clothing, and goggles that are currently in short supply in China and purchased using Chery's overseas network resources will be airlifted domestically in the near future to meet the urgent need for protection of medical staff and people in epidemic areas; special ambulance vehicles will be used for support Rescue patients in areas with severe epidemics.
BYD Co., Ltd. donated RMB 10 million in love funds to the Hubei Charity Federation through the BYD Charity Foundation to support the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.
The donated funds are mainly used to purchase epidemic prevention materials for Hubei Province, support Hubei Province in carrying out epidemic prevention and control work, assist medical staff on the front line of epidemic prevention and control, and be used to provide prevention and treatment support for schools in epidemic areas and for poor students affected by the epidemic. Family assistance, etc.
At the same time, Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales and Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd., together with dealer partners, announced today that through the China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star Wish Fund A donation of 10 million yuan in love funds will be mainly used to equip hospitals in Wuhan and other provinces and cities with severe epidemics in the country to equip medical supplies such as masks, goggles, protective clothing and test kits. It will also reward medical staff who have made outstanding contributions and support needy families suffering from illness. Young people, etc., are fully supporting the nationwide prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic.
BMW (China) Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. and BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd. will make an emergency donation of RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation through the China Charity Federation BMW Love Fund, which will mainly be used to support Hubei Province The province, especially the local hospitals in Wuhan, urgently need masks, protective clothing, protective face shields and other urgently needed materials and related treatment work.
General Motors (China) will donate RMB 5 million through the Chinese Red Cross Foundation to build hospitals and provide supporting material support in severely affected areas to help fight the new coronavirus epidemic. Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. joined hands with Hyundai Motor Group to donate medical supplies worth 5 million yuan and donated 10 million yuan in cash to the Hubei Red Cross Society for ward operation, human support, and procurement of medical facilities and other materials.
Jaguar Land Rover (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automobile Co., Ltd. donated 8 million yuan, of which 5 million yuan was donated to the Hubei Charity Federation, which will be mainly used for other epidemics in Wuhan and Hubei Province. In severe areas, we purchase medical, medical, daily and other supplies urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control, and provide physical and mental health protection and child care services for front-line medical staff and medical volunteers participating in rescue operations. Another 3 million yuan will be used to jointly establish a special public welfare fund for "Campus Prevention and Control of Major Epidemics among Youth" with the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, focusing on the construction of campus epidemic prevention facilities in primary and secondary schools, youth epidemic prevention education, and youth epidemic psychological counseling to further improve the general public welfare fund. Epidemic disease prevention awareness and prevention and control capabilities in primary and secondary schools.
As a new Chinese car-making company, Weilai Automobile stepped up its purchase of 300,000 medical supplies, including masks, medical caps and surgical gowns, and provided them to the Wuhan Charity Federation through Wuhan car enthusiasts. It will be allocated to the hospitals in need as needed. At the same time, the NIO User Trust Board announced that it will raise 5 million yuan in special funds to fight against the new type of pneumonia. The specific directions of use are: First, the anti-pneumonia user care special fund. The NIO User Trust will provide 3 million yuan for Care for car owners during the new pneumonia epidemic; second, the NIO User Anti-Pneumonia Charity Fund, NIO User Trust invested 2 million yuan to donate to the NIO Car Club’s public welfare activities.
Xpeng Motors decided to donate 3 million yuan in medical supplies to Wuhan and other medical institutions to support local frontline epidemic prevention work. This donation will mainly consist of protective clothing, goggles, and medical masks that are most in short supply at local medical institutions to support frontline medical workers in concentrating their efforts on fighting the epidemic and building temporary hospitals in epidemic areas. At the same time, Xpeng Motors will donate vehicles to local hospitals in Wuhan to facilitate quick travel for medical and scientific research workers. In Guangzhou, where Xpeng Motors is headquartered, it will provide free travel services to designated treatment hospitals.
Nezha Automobile decided to urgently donate RMB 1 million to the Hubei Charity Federation for current epidemic prevention and control support. The donated funds will be mainly used in Wuhan City and other areas with severe epidemics in Hubei Province to purchase medical, medical, daily and other supplies urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control; to support the construction of temporary hospitals in epidemic areas; and to provide front-line medical staff and medical staff involved in rescue operations. Volunteers provide services such as physical and mental health protection and child care.
In addition, companies such as Huawei/CATL/Michelin have also donated money and materials for epidemic prevention and control.
Among them, Huawei donated 30 million yuan to the account of the Wuhan Charity Federation. It also supported Hubei Mobile and Hubei Unicom in opening the Caidian Vulcan Mountain 5G base station. It also established a special guarantee team composed of services, R&D, supply chain, etc. to ensure that Hubei The video conferencing system of the National Health Commission is operating normally.
iFlytek donated materials worth RMB 10 million to support the epidemic prevention and control war, including 12,857 N95 masks, 3,000 protective suits, and 13,334 goggles, which will be used to initiate major public health emergencies. The first-level response provinces, cities and regions provide free technical support such as electronic medical records and intelligent voice outbound calls, while using intelligent medical assistants to empower primary care for the most basic prevention.
CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Red Cross Society, Michelin (China) Investment Co., Ltd. donated 3 million yuan to Wuhan Charity Federation, and Linglong Tire donated 10 million yuan to Wuhan, Wuhan, and Wuhan Charity Federation. The Red Cross societies in Jingmen and other places donated 5 million yuan, which will be allocated and used uniformly by the epidemic prevention and control headquarters.
The above is only the author’s incomplete statistics on donations to car companies and parts companies (if there are any omissions, please feel free to add them). The purpose of writing this article is not to praise the companies, but to tell everyone that only by working together can we win. everything. Come on Wuhan! Come on, China!
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