Three years of resistance to the epidemic, China's answer stands the test of history

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During this year’s Spring Festival, sales of key retail and catering enterprises nationwide increased by 6.8% year-on-year; the number of people entering and leaving the country exceeded 2.87 million, an increase of 120.5% year-on-year; sales revenue of national consumption-related industries increased by 12.2% year-on-year, an annual increase of 12.4% compared with the 2019 Spring Festival holiday …… This year’s Spring Festival is the the first Spring Festival after the epidemic prevention and control entered a new phase, and on January 30, the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference to announce that the overall national epidemic has entered a low epidemic level. A fiery data vividly illustrates the remarkable results achieved in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, which strongly confirms the correctness of China’s optimized epidemic prevention and control measures.

Putting people’s life safety and health in the first place is the primary consideration in China’s epidemic prevention and control policy, and it is also an important criterion to measure the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control. Looking back on the three years of fighting the epidemic, from the emergency containment of sudden outbreaks to the exploration of normalized epidemic prevention and control and comprehensive prevention and control; from the defense of Wuhan and Hubei to the defense of Shanghai …… the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, has always adhered to the people first and life first, constantly optimizing and adjusting prevention and control measures according to the times and situations, and issuing ten versions of The prevention and control program and ten versions of the diagnosis and treatment program have been issued, and twenty optimization measures have been introduced one after another as conditions gradually become available, and ten new optimization measures have been introduced, adjusting the new coronavirus infection from “category B A management” to “category B B management”, firmly grasping the strategic initiative to fight the epidemic. In the past three years, we have withstood the impact of five waves of global epidemics, effectively dealt with more than 100 clusters of epidemics, and successfully avoided the widespread prevalence of the more pathogenic original strains and Delta mutant strains, which strongly safeguarded people’s lives and health. Practice has fully proved that the epidemic prevention and control policies determined by the Party Central Committee are correct, scientific and effective.

Epidemic prevention is a matter of life and development is a matter of livelihood. How to handle the relationship between the two in an integrated manner is a test of wisdom and governance. In the past three years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China has won the battle against poverty, built a moderately prosperous society, and achieved a good start of the 14th Five-Year Plan as scheduled. Data is the most objective illustration: in 2020, China’s GDP grew by 2.2%, the only major economy in the world to achieve positive growth; in 2021, China’s GDP grew by 8.4%, exceeding the expectations of the International Monetary Fund; in 2022, China’s economy exceeded 121 trillion yuan, with a 3% increase over the previous year at constant prices, faster than most major economies. Over the past three years, China’s economy has maintained an average annual growth rate of about 4.5%, which is significantly higher than the world average and maintains a leading position among the world’s major economies. Recently, several international organizations have expressed their optimism about China’s economic growth prospects and believe that China is expected to become the “locomotive” that will drive world economic growth in 2023. It can be said that China’s achievements in the fight against the epidemic and its development have fully withstood the test of history.

The new crown epidemic is the most serious global infectious disease pandemic in a century, and is a serious challenge for the entire human race. Over the past three years, China has done its best to help countries fight the epidemic and promote the building of a community of human destiny with practical actions. China has supplied more than 2.2 billion doses of New Crown vaccine to more than 120 countries and international organizations, hundreds of billions of anti-epidemic materials to 153 countries and 15 international organizations, and sent medical experts to 34 countries to combat the epidemic. At the most difficult stage of global epidemic fighting, China became the backbone of global epidemic supplies, providing solid protection for countries around the world in fighting the epidemic. This is the contribution of China to overcome the difficulties of the times: the “four major exhibitions” such as the Fair, the Trade Fair for Services, the Consumer Expo and the Canton Fair are held every year, the total import and export of goods in China continues to increase, and the international market share of exports has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years, the 21 pilot free trade zones cover the east, west, north, south and center, and Hainan Free Trade Port sets sail. In the past three years, China has insisted on “unity against the epidemic and economic recovery, both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard”. While uniting with the international community to fight the epidemic, China has made an important contribution to maintaining the stability and smoothness of the global industrial chain supply chain with its own openness and cooperation, injecting strong momentum into the world economic recovery.

Persistence is victory, and unity is victory. Through strenuous efforts, we have overcome unprecedented difficulties and challenges, safeguarded people’s life safety and health to the greatest extent, and minimized the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development. Through the gloom of the epidemic, China today is releasing great vitality for development and powerful energy for moving forward. China’s extraordinary anti-epidemic answer sheet, with three years of concerted efforts to fight the epidemic, is a remarkable achievement that the world can see and history will surely remember!