AutoBeta(AutoBeta.net)02/02 Report--

The pneumonia epidemic situation infected by novel coronavirus has continuously become an urgent problem to be solved in our country, and the epidemic situation has always affected the hearts of the people all over the country. It is reported that as of 24:00 on February 1st, the State Health Commission had received a total of 14380 confirmed cases from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, with 2110 severe cases and a total of 304deaths. a total of 328 cured and discharged cases and 19544 suspected cases were reported.

In view of viral pneumonia, all kinds of enterprises in the automotive industry have contributed their efforts, donating funds, rescue materials, negative pressure ambulances, and so on to support the anti-epidemic work. In addition, BYD, Geely, Chery, Hyundai, and others have purchased medical materials from overseas and sent them back to China, thus sending the scarce materials to the front at the first time through various channels.

The donation list of automobile industry aid to fight the epidemic continues to be updated. BAIC announced a donation of 17 million yuan, Volvo donated 11 million yuan, and China's FAW and FAW-Volkswagen donated an additional donation of 40 million yuan respectively. Jianghuai Volkswagen, triangular tires and Japanese Denso were also on the donation list.

China FAW announced on February 2 that additional donations from China FAW and FAW-Volkswagen reached 40 million yuan respectively, totaling 80 million yuan. Together with FAW Toyota's 1 million yuan, China FAW Group donated a total of 81 million yuan, and set up a special fund for epidemic prevention and control to resolutely help win this epidemic war. At present, the donated funds have been officially implemented in conjunction with the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation, and all work such as funds, materials, and vehicles have been carried out in a tense and orderly manner in accordance with the plan, and materials have arrived in Hubei one after another.

BAIC said it jointly donated 17 million yuan to 10 units, including Foton Automobile, BAIC off-road, Beijing Automobile, BAIC New Energy, Fujian Mercedes-Benz and so on.

BAIC's donation will be used to purchase emergency rescue supplies in the affected areas to meet the needs of patients. The materials will be donated to the China Charity Federation and distributed through the China Charity Federation to the five provinces of Hubei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan, Hunan and Beijing, where the epidemic is worst.

BAIC said that it covers 10 million yuan for Beijing Mercedes-Benz, 15 million yuan for Beijing Hyundai and Hyundai Motor, and 1 million yuan for Beijing Hyundai Finance. BAIC and its member units and related units have accumulated 43 million yuan in donations and materials through different channels.

In addition, Fujian Mercedes-Benz and BAIC Foton responded to the production task of negative pressure ambulances assigned by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and resumed work during the New year to ensure the production of negative pressure ambulances. At present, a number of negative pressure ambulances have participated in the anti-epidemic work.

At the same time, Volvo also announced that it will set up a special fund to fight novel coronavirus through the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation, and the first batch of 1 million donations will be directed to support novel coronavirus's pathogenesis, clinical treatment research, vaccine research and development of related drugs at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, and make efforts to fundamentally prevent the spread of the virus.

At the same time, Volvo will also donate 10 million yuan of medical emergency supplies and equipment to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and some Shanghai third-class hospitals for epidemic prevention and control work. Both donations will be made jointly by Volvo Automobile and the Li Shufu Public Welfare Foundation Special Fund for epidemic Prevention and Control.

In the new list, there are also donations of 6 million yuan for triangle tires, 2 million yuan for Jianghuai Volkswagen, and 1 million yuan for Japanese Denso.

In addition, a number of car companies take advantage of global channels to purchase medical supplies from overseas and ship them back to China. Chery said on February 1 that the company has made every effort to raise domestic shortage of medical protective materials from more than 10 countries, including Israel, Brazil, Russia and Argentina, and has now arrived in China one after another. Geely said it purchased medical supplies from Sweden and Belarus and shipped them back home. BYD said that the company added 1 million yuan worth of N95 masks, which were purchased and shipped back to China by overseas branches.

The list of donated funds for the automobile industry to fight the epidemic (updated on February 2)

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