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XI'AN, China, April 22, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/ --

On April 10, a special video conference took place in the ancient city of Xi'an

in northwest China, according to Xi'an Municipal Government. An expert team

comprised of professors from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong

University shared experiences of COVID-19 prevention and control with medical

experts from 13 countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and

Pakistan. Prior to this, the team that provided medical assistance to Wuhan had

already shared experiences and insights with medical workers in Italy,

Australia, the United States and several other countries.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China has implemented comprehensive and stringent

prevention and control measures. During the critical period when China was

fighting the epidemic at its peak, more than 60 international sister cities,

international organizations and other international collaborators offered

whatever support they could to the people of Xi'an and donated epidemic

prevention supplies such as medical masks and protective clothing. After so

much hard work, China has made phased achievements in containing the outbreak,

and the ancient capital of Xi'an is reviving its prosperity.

Due to the current rapid spread of COVID-19 across the globe, some countries in

Europe and Asia are having a hard time fighting the disease. In a sign of

solidarity and in reciprocation of help when needed, the Xi'an Municipal

Government immediately coordinated assistance for its international sister

cities in a variety of ways. The Municipal authorities provided the first batch

of medical and anti-epidemic supplies to seven sister cities in four countries,

namely Italy, Iran, South Korea and The Philippines. On March 20, donated

supplies including medical masks, protective clothing, medical gloves, and

disinfection and sterilization supplies worth more than 3 million RMB were

collected from the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport and sent to Pompeii and

Veneto in Italy, Isfahan in Iran, Gyeongju and Jinju in South Korea, and Ilijan

in The Philippines. After the arrival of the first batch of these supplies, the

recipient sister cities expressed their gratitude to the people of Xi'an.

So as to maintain effective and ongoing epidemic prevention and the orderly

resumption of production, Xi'an went all out to provide a second round of

assistance and donated supplies to more than 30 international sister cities. On

April 13, a batch of supplies worth about 1.9 million RMB was collected for

distribution to more than 10 cities in a number of countries, namely France,

Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia, Colombia and Nepal, and these supplies will

arrive at the destinations very soon. As a next step, Xi'an will collect and

distribute more donated supplies to other cities, and the city authorities also

plan to send supplies to its international expert consultants.

Source: Xi'an Municipal Government