Xi Jinping: To provide strong scientific and technological support for winning the battle of epidemic prevention and control.

On March 10, 2020, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, went to Wuhan City, Hubei Province to inspect the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. This is Xi Jinping's video connection to the infectious disease ward in the command center of Huoshenshan Hospital, and cordial exchanges with patients and medical staff in the ward.

In this major struggle, the vast number of scientific and technological workers have fully demonstrated their fine style of hard work and dedication, rigorous and realistic professionalism, and a number of advanced models have emerged. Here, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere greetings to the vast number of scientific and technological workers who are struggling in the front line of scientific research on epidemic prevention and control!

Throughout the history of human development, the most powerful weapon for mankind to compete with diseases is science and technology. Human beings cannot overcome major disasters and epidemics without scientific development and technological innovation. In the history of our country, there are many medical works and methods to prevent and treat the plague. "Han Shu-Ping Di Ji" records that in the first two years of the Yuan Dynasty, "people with epidemic diseases, give up the empty residence, in order to buy medicine", put forward "isolation" is an important measure of epidemic prevention. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a "human pox" vaccination technique to prevent smallpox in China. At the end of the 18th century, British scientist Edward Qinner invented the method of vaccinia to prevent smallpox. After several generations of scientists made unremitting efforts, they finally developed an inactivated smallpox virus vaccine. With the development of modern medical science and technology and the continuous improvement of public health infrastructure, cholera, plague, influenza and other infectious diseases that once caused great harm to human beings have been effectively controlled. In recent years, science and technology have played an important role in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), H1N1 influenza, Ebola virus and other major infectious diseases. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, my country has significantly improved its scientific research level, technical capabilities, platform construction, and talent team in the field of infectious disease prevention and control through the development and deployment of major scientific and technological projects for infectious diseases.

On March 2, 2020, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the scientific research work on the prevention and control of new coronary pneumonia in Beijing. This is Xi Jinping's understanding of the development of vaccines and antibodies at the Major Epidemic Emergency Prevention and Control Drug Laboratory of the Military Medical Research Institute.

At present, it still takes hard work to win the people's war on epidemic prevention and control, the overall war and the war of resistance. We have not yet fully understood the source and host of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the route of transmission, the mechanism of disease, the harmfulness and lethality, the treatment plan, the treatment drugs, and whether there are any sequelae after the patient recovers. The more we face this situation, the more we must insist on asking science for answers and methods. It is hoped that the vast number of scientific and technological workers will shoulder their responsibilities and do their best to overcome the key and difficult problems of epidemic prevention and control as soon as possible, so as to provide strong scientific and technological support for winning the people's war on epidemic prevention and control, the overall war and the war of resistance. The next step is to focus on the following areas.

　　First, strengthen the combination of drug and medical equipment research and development and clinical treatment to effectively improve the cure rate and reduce the mortality rate.On March 1, there were still more than 7300 severe and critically ill patients across the country, and the number of deaths every day was still quite large, mainly in Hubei and Wuhan. To do our best to save the lives of more patients is a top priority. Scientific research should take the treatment of critically ill patients as a top priority, strengthen the support of scientific research and the deployment of front-line treatment, adhere to the coordination of clinical research and clinical treatment, and make scientific research results more inclined to the clinical front line. It is necessary to speed up the process of drug research and development, adhere to the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine, and use Chinese and western medicine, speed up the promotion and application of effective drugs that have been developed and screened, and at the same time screen a batch of effective therapeutic drugs according to the needs of first-line treatment, explore new treatment methods, and prevent mild diseases as much as possible. Patients are transformed into severe ones, and the cure rate is effectively improved. It is necessary to adopt advanced treatment methods such as convalescent plasma, stem cells, and monoclonal antibodies to improve the level of treatment for severe and critical illnesses, and minimize the mortality rate.

　　Second, promote the organic connection between vaccine research and development and the industrialization chain, and make comprehensive preparations for the possible normalization of prevention and control work.As a special product for healthy people, vaccines are very important for epidemic prevention and control, and the requirements for safety are also the first. It is necessary to accelerate the research and development of vaccines with multiple technical routes, and at the same time closely follow the progress of foreign research and development, strengthen cooperation, and strive to promote the clinical trials and marketing of vaccines as soon as possible. We must base ourselves on the current and long-term perspective, accelerate the establishment of a vaccine research and development and industrialization system with enterprises as the main body and a combination of production, education and research, and establish a national vaccine reserve system.

　　Third, coordinate the research on the traceability of the virus and its transmission routes, and figure out where the source of the disease comes from and where it goes.As experts have said, the virus in this outbreak is very cunning, and the traceability work is facing great difficulties. At the same time, the development of new technologies provides new means for virus traceability, which can use the binding characteristics of viral proteins and different receptors to assess the possibility of suspected animals as intermediate hosts, and use new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to carry out epidemiological and traceability investigations to improve accuracy and screening efficiency. Research on the source and route of transmission of the virus is crucial to the prevention and control of the entire epidemic and must be made clear.

　　Fourth, do a good job in the rehabilitation of patients and the isolation of the masses of psychological counseling.The psychological rehabilitation of patients needs a process. Many people who are isolated at home for a long time will have psychological problems of one kind or another. The families of the sick and dead also need psychological counseling. If this problem is not solved well, it will bring hidden dangers to social stability. We must attach great importance to their mental health and mobilize all forces to comprehensively strengthen psychological counseling.

On March 2, 2020, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the scientific research work on the prevention and control of new coronary pneumonia in Beijing. This is Xi Jinping talking with researchers at the Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at Tsinghua University School of Medicine.

　　Fifth, improve the system of epidemic prevention and control and public health scientific research that combines peace and war.Major infectious diseases and biosafety risks are major risks and challenges related to national security and development, and the overall stability of society. Biosafety should be regarded as an important part of the country's overall security, adhere to the combination of peacetime and wartime, prevention and emergency, scientific research and treatment prevention and control, and strengthen the system and capacity building of epidemic prevention and control and public health scientific research. It is necessary to coordinate all aspects of scientific research forces and improve the ability and level of systematic confrontation. At ordinary times, scientific research accumulation and technical reserves are basic work, and it is necessary to strengthen strategic planning and forward-looking layout, improve the early warning and prediction mechanism for epidemic prevention and control, capture information in a timely and effective manner, and take timely response measures. It is necessary to study and establish a command, action, and guarantee system for scientific research and tackling key problems after the epidemic has spread into a state of emergency, and prepare emergency action guidelines at ordinary times and start them quickly in case of emergency.

Major scientific and technological achievements in the field of life safety and biosafety are also important weapons of the country, and the epidemic prevention and control and public health emergency system is an important part of the national strategic system. It is necessary to improve the new national system for tackling key core technologies, accelerate the layout of scientific research forces in the fields of population health and biosafety, integrate national key scientific research systems in the fields of life sciences, biotechnology, medicine and health, and medical equipment, and lay out a number of national clinical medical research centers, increase scientific and technological investment in the field of health, and strengthen basic research in the field of life sciences and breakthroughs in key core technologies of medical health, accelerate the improvement of strategic scientific and technological strength and strategic reserve capacity in the field of epidemic prevention and control and public health. It is necessary to speed up the short board of China's high-end medical equipment, speed up the key core technology research, break through the bottleneck of these technical equipment, and realize the independent control of high-end medical equipment.

　　Sixth, adhere to the patriotic health campaign.This is not a simple cleaning and sanitation. More work should be carried out from the improvement of living environment, eating habits, social mental health, public health facilities and other aspects. In particular, we should resolutely put an end to the bad habits of eating wild animals and promote a civilized, healthy and green lifestyle.

　　Seventh, strengthen international cooperation in scientific research on epidemic prevention and control.Public health security is a common challenge facing mankind and requires all countries to work together to address it. At present, the neo-coronary pneumonia epidemic is emerging in many countries, and it is necessary to strengthen communication with WHO and scientific research cooperation with relevant countries, especially those with a high incidence of the epidemic, in such areas as traceability, drugs, vaccines and testing, share scientific research data and information on the premise of ensuring national security, jointly study and propose coping strategies, and contribute wisdom and strength to the building of a community of human destiny.

Finally, I hope that the majority of scientific and technological workers will continue to work hard, take the scientific research on epidemic prevention and control as a major and urgent task on the scientific and technological front, unify leadership, coordinate the promotion of scientific research, and produce more results, live up to the trust of the Party Central Committee, and live up to the expectations of the people.

Reprinted from: Communist Party Member Network