President of the Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, gave some remarks when, on Monday 18 May 2020, the world gathered in a visual session of World Health Assembly. Read details of remarks below:
The history of human civilization is one of fighting diseases and tiding over disasters. The virus does not respect borders. Nor is race or nationality relevant in the face of the disease.
Confronted by the ravages of COVID-19, the international community has not flinched. The people of all countries have tackled the virus head-on. Around the world, people have looked out for each other and pulled together as one. With love and compassion, we have forged extraordinary synergy in the fight against COVID-19.
In China, after making painstaking efforts and enormous sacrifices, we have turned the tide on the virus and protected the lives and health of our people.
We must always put the people first, for nothing in the world is more precious than people’s lives. We need to deploy medical expertise and critical supplies to places where they are needed the most. We need to take strong steps in such key areas as prevention, quarantine, detection, treatment and tracing. We need to move as fast as we can to curb the global spread of the virus and do our best to stem cross-border transmission.
At this crucial juncture, to support the WHO is to support international cooperation and the battle for saving lives as well.
Developing countries, African countries in particular, have weaker public health systems. Helping them build capacity must be our top priority in COVID-19 response.
Mankind is a community with a shared future. Solidarity and cooperation is our most powerful weapon for defeating the virus.
China stands for the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind. China takes as its responsibility to ensure not just the lives and health of its own citizens, but also global public health.
I call on all of us to come together and work as one. Let’s make concerted efforts to protect the lives and health of people in all countries. Let’s work together to safeguard planet Earth, our common home. Let’s work together to build a global community of health for all!
May 18, 2020.
