Introduction of China Health Express
In 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to the motherland, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, on behalf of the 6.7 million Hong Kong compatriots, presented the first "Health Express" to the people of the motherland, followed by the second and third "Health Express" in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Later in 1999 and 2002, the second and third "Health Express" were presented to the mainland respectively. 2009, the "Health Express" has developed to four trains, the first three were presented by Hong Kong compatriots from all walks of life, and the fourth was donated by the mainland enterprise Sinopec. The first three trains were presented by Hong Kong compatriots from all walks of life, and the fourth was donated by the mainland company Sinopec.
The management committee of the Health Express consists of officials from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Railways and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. Outstanding ophthalmologists are selected by the Ministry of Health to board the train to provide free surgical treatment for poor farmers suffering from cataracts. The funds for the Health Express are raised by the Hong Kong Health Express Foundation and the China Health Express Foundation.
In order to make this charity work for the benefit of the people better, the mainland has set up the "China Health Express Foundation". This initiative received the care and support of former Premier Zhu Rongji and the guidance of Vice Premier Li Lanqing. In his approval, the leader asked that the work be included in several practical matters for the countryside.
"China Health Express Foundation" in the preparation and establishment of the process, the State Council and the relevant departments have received strong support. In 2002, the Ministry of Civil Affairs officially approved the establishment of the "China Health Express Foundation". The Foundation is chaired by Mr. Jing Shuping, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of United Front Work, the Central Enterprise Work Committee, the Central Financial Work Committee, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Industry serving as vice-chairmen, advisors, and executive directors. Since then, the "Health Express" has been able to conduct fund-raising work in the Mainland, providing more favorable conditions for the development and expansion of the "Health Express". This charitable cause has a long way to go, and it needs people from Hong Kong and the Mainland*** to join in this meaningful cause. The Health Express is a mobile, train-built charitable eye hospital comprising four train carriages equipped with world-class ophthalmic medical facilities. The four cars include a multi-purpose meeting room, an operating room, a patient lounge and a living room for the medical staff.
Health Express was born in 1997 with the return of Hong Kong to China.
Till 2002, there have been three "Health Express" trains carrying the love of 6.7 million Hong Kong compatriots and the unselfish dedication of mainland medical staff into the poor areas of the motherland, successively in Anhui, Sichuan, Guangxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Hebei, Chongqing, Guangdong, Fujian and other 30 areas, free of charge, to provide free medical services to patients, In 30 regions, including Anhui, Sichuan, Guangxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Hebei, Chongqing, Guangdong, Fujian, etc., we have operated on more than 27,000 cataract patients free of charge, and enabled them to regain their sight. Many of these patients have been able to work and are now on their way out of poverty.
By December 2010, the "Health Express" had made 105 stops in 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, providing free sight-restoring surgeries for nearly 110,000 impoverished cataract patients and restoring their sight. Many of these patients have regained their ability to work and are now on the road to poverty alleviation and a better life
"Health Express" also trains ophthalmologists around the world to improve local ophthalmic medical and nursing care. Wherever the "Health Express" goes, it is praised by the general public as a "messenger of light".
Leaders of the State Council have participated in the activities of the Health Express on many occasions, and recognized the work of the Health Express, and hoped that the whole society would care for and support the Health Express.
The local government praised the Health Express as a messenger of love and light.
The cured patients were full of tears and thanked the donors for their kindness!
In view of its contribution to national poverty alleviation and treatment of blindness, Health Express has been awarded the China Charity Award, the China Poverty Eradication Award, the Exemplary Collective Award for the Promotion of Ethnic Unity, and the "Class 4A" in the first evaluation of China's social organizations since 2005, and the "Class 4A" in the first evaluation of China's social organizations in 2009. In 2009, Health Express was honored as one of the "Top Ten Famous Original Brands" by Hong Kong Wen Wei Po and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
These honors were obtained with the support and help of all levels of government, as well as organizations and caring people from Hong Kong and Mainland China, and they are the praise and commendation from the central government and the community for the contributions made by all the organizations and individuals who have participated in the charitable cause of Health Express.
In order to make this charity work for the benefit of the people better, we initiated the establishment of the "China Health Express Foundation" in mainland China. This initiative received the care and support of Premier Zhu Rongji and the guidance of Vice Premier Li Lanqing. The leaders in the approval of the request to include this work in the rural areas to do a few practical things.
"China Health Express Foundation" in the preparation and establishment of the process, the State Council and the relevant departments have received strong support. In 2002, the Ministry of Civil Affairs officially approved the establishment of the "China Health Express Foundation". The Foundation is chaired by Mr. Jing Shuping, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of United Front Work, the Central Enterprise Work Committee, the Central Financial Work Committee, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Industry serving as vice-chairmen, advisors, and executive directors. Since then, the "Health Express" has been able to conduct fund-raising work in the Mainland, providing more favorable conditions for the development and expansion of the "Health Express". This charitable cause has a long way to go, it needs Hong Kong and mainland people **** together to join in this meaningful cause.
"China Health Express Foundation" aims to solicit donations from social groups and other organizations and individuals at home and abroad. Mobilizing social and public forces, with the government's blindness prevention work and poverty alleviation plan to raise funds to save more cataract patients in poor areas. The 16th National Congress of the CPC has put forward a great plan to build a moderately prosperous society in China, and the work of the China Health Express Foundation is the first step in this direction. A well-off society can only be built when the lives of farmers are improved. Farmers who lose their eyesight not only lose their ability to work, but also become a huge burden to their families. Rural children who have lost their eyesight have no hope for their whole life and will be a burden to society and their families for the rest of their lives. By helping them to regain their eyesight, they are given a basic living condition. This is a real work of poverty alleviation in health, and a concrete embodiment of our implementation of the spirit of the 16th National Congress and the important thought of the "Three Represents".
The China Health Express Foundation will hold a large-scale social fund-raising event once a year, and will also organize various forms of publicity activities in various places. We believe that with your strong support and the active participation of enterprises, organizations and individuals, the "China Health Express Foundation" will do a good job and bring light to more cataract patients.