While China's auto market sales fell by 8.2% year-on-year in 2019, and many auto companies are facing tremendous pressure to survive, many auto companies still showed a sense of responsibility and spirit of commitment, and actively fulfilled their corporate citizenship responsibilities in the face of the great right and wrong of the "new lung epidemic".
On January 26th, Automotive Intelligence New Media took the lead in reporting on Dongfeng, GAC, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, and called for more car companies to join the charity donations, and on January 28th, it reported on Geely, FAW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Dongfeng Xiaokang's good deeds.
Driven by many caring car companies and catalyzed by more media follow-up reports, BYD, Chery, Hyundai, Great Wall Motors, General Motors, Nezha Motors, Ford China, Ningde Times, and Azure Motors also joined in donating to Hubei, the core area of the outbreak, and Wuhan, the capital city of the province:
BYD Donates 10 Million
On Jan 28th Ltd. announced that it will donate RMB 10 million to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation through the BYD Charity Foundation to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection of the pneumonia epidemic.
BYD said: the donated funds are mainly used for purchasing epidemic prevention and control materials for Hubei Province, supporting Hubei Province to carry out epidemic prevention and control work, helping medical personnel on the front line of epidemic prevention and control, as well as for the prevention and control of schools in the epidemic area to ensure that the epidemic and the financial assistance to families of poor students affected by the epidemic, and so on.
Chery donated 10 million
January 28, Chery Holding Group Co. decided to donate 10 million yuan to help the epidemic prevention and control.
The Chery Holdings Group donated 10 million yuan, including the provision of cash, special ambulance vehicles, as well as medical protective masks, suits, goggles and other medical protection materials, mainly used to support the epidemic in Hubei and other areas of heavy, which, using Chery's overseas network resources to purchase medical masks, suits, goggles and other medical supplies currently in extremely short supply in the country will be airlifted to the country in the near future! The medical supplies such as medical masks, protective clothing, goggles, etc. purchased with the resources of Chery's overseas network will be flown to China recently to meet the urgent needs of medical personnel and people's protection in the infected areas; and the special ambulance vehicles will be used to support the rescue of the patients in the heavier areas.
Hyundai donates 10 million in cash and 5 million in supplies
On January 28, Hyundai Motor Group announced that it would donate medical supplies worth 5 million yuan and 10 million yuan in cash.
The actual materials worth 5 million yuan are mainly for the most scarce protective suits, masks and goggles for the medical personnel on the scene in Wuhan, as well as the materials for personal protection that are urgently needed by the people in the seriously infected areas. It is reported that Hyundai Motor Group will purchase the materials from South Korea and deliver them in the fastest way to solve the urgent needs of the frontline of the epidemic.
At the same time, Hyundai Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd, Beijing Hyundai, Dongfeng Yueda Kia, Sichuan Hyundai, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Globe Vision, Hyundai VIA, Hyundai Tandis and Beijing Hyundai Automobile Finance Ltd, donated 10 million RMB in cash to Hubei Red Cross, which will be used for the operation of the hospital wards, manpower support and procurement of materials such as medical facilities. facilities and other material purchases, etc.
Great Wall Motors donates 5 million
On January 28, Great Wall announced its decision to donate RMB 5 million to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation.
Of this amount, 3 million yuan will be used in more than ten cities in Hubei, including Wuhan, Qianjiang, Huanggang and Xiaogan, to purchase urgently-needed epidemic prevention and control materials such as medical suits, masks, positive-pressure isolation gowns, protective masks, goggles, disinfectant solutions and other medical consumables to protect frontline healthcare workers and support frontline volunteers; and another 2 million yuan will be used in the Hubei Provincial Command for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Infected by the New Coronavirus unified deployment and use.
Meanwhile, Great Wall Motors and its four major brands, including Haval, WEY, Ola, and Great Wall pickup trucks, will continue to pay close attention to the development of the epidemic and continue to provide the necessary assistance and support according to social needs.
GM donates 5 million
On January 28, General Motors (China) announced that it will donate 5 million yuan through the China Red Cross Foundation to support the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak.
GM China said the donation will be used to build hospitals and purchase medicine, medical equipment and other medical supplies in Wuhan and other provinces and cities across China, as well as to support the fight against the epidemic.
N吒汽车捐赠100万
On January 28, Ne Zha Auto decided to donate RMB 1 million to the Hubei Charity Federation.
The donated funds will be mainly used in Wuhan and other areas in Hubei Province where the epidemic is severe, to purchase medical, medical and living supplies urgently needed for the prevention and control of the epidemic; to support the construction of temporary hospitals in the epidemic areas; and to provide physical and mental health protection as well as child care for the frontline healthcare workers and medical volunteers involved in the rescue.
Ford China donates $1 million in supplies
It is reported that Ford China is now confirming and joining hands with NGOs, hoping to find the most reasonable and practical solution to help the medical team. Ford China said that it will join hands with its subsidiaries to donate 1 million dollars in supplies.
Additionally, Ford China will work with Changan Ford, Jiangling Ford and Lincoln China to negotiate sustainable help.
Ningde Times donates $10 million
On Jan. 27, Ningde Times New Energy Technology Co. announced a donation of 10 million yuan to the Hubei Red Cross.
Ningde Times said the money will be deployed and used by the Epidemic Prevention and Control Command, and all of it will be used for the frontline fight as well as prevention and control work in the epidemic area.
Azalea Motors donates 300,000 yuan in medical supplies
Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Azalea Motors, said, "After seeing the news about the shortage of medical supplies in Wuhan, we've acted on it." Currently, the Azera side has stepped up to buy 300,000 yuan of medical supplies, including masks, medical caps and surgical gowns, and has contacted the Wuhan Charity Federation through Wuhan car enthusiasts, which will be distributed to hospitals in need on an as-needed basis.
Editorial: According to incomplete statistics, the value of cash and medical supplies donated by 17 Chinese and foreign auto companies has reached 343.3 million yuan. As a responsible new media in the automotive industry, Automotive Intelligence, while actively fulfilling its media responsibility and donating materials to Zhengzhou Emergency Medical Rescue Center, Hainan Provincial People's Hospital and other relevant medical institutions, is taking the lead and continuing to report on the good deeds of major automotive enterprises, and also hopes to drive and call for more enterprises to join in the support of Wuhan and many other places across the country where materials are scarce medical institutions through a small force.
We believe that although we have different strengths and donate different amounts, as long as we work together, we will be able to win the battle against the epidemic as soon as possible.
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