In face of the COVID-19 epidemic, members and cadres of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have acted swiftly and bravely in controlling the disease.
As the vanguard of the Chinese people, the CPC sees serving the people wholeheartedly as its fundamental purpose. It's the CPC's nature that propels Party members to charge forward at critical moments.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, called on Party members to give full play to their exemplary and vanguard role and step forward and fight bravely at critical moments.
Zhang Dingyu, president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, which was designated to treat patients infected with COVID-19 in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, risked his life fighting the virus soon after the outbreak emerged.
Zhang Dingyu, president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, which was designated to treat patients infected with COVID-19 in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, gets back to work after returning to the hospital on Jan. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 29, 2019, some patients with pneumonia of unknown cause were transferred to Zhang's hospital. The cause of the pneumonia was later identified as the novel coronavirus.
In the following more than 30 days when Zhang worked around the clock to fight the disease, he often went to bed at about 2 a.m. and got up at about 4 a.m., answering numerous phone calls and handling a stream of emergencies.
However, it was less known that the doctor himself was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2018. "My legs had been gradually rendered powerless. So I have to compete against time to get more patients back from the epidemic," he said.
"As a Party member and a medical worker, I have to stay true to my original aspiration and shoulder my due responsibility at such a critical moment," Zhang added.
Racing against time to save more patients, Zhang couldn't even find time to take care of his wife, who was under treatment in another hospital after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
In China, there are millions of Party members contributing their efforts to the fight against COVID-19. Working in cities and villages to spread anti-epidemic awareness and help the people fight the disease, they worked hard to dispel panic for the people and their efforts have won people's recognition.
Zhou Jing (C), deputy secretary of the Party committee and vice president of the People’s Hospital of Dongxihu District in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, and her colleagues provide treatment to a patient. Zhou, who treated SARS patients on the frontline, volunteered to return to her post after the COVID-19 outbreak, working around the clock for more than 20 days.
Party members of the third people’s hospital of Yichang, a hospital designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Yichang city, central China’s Hubei province, work at a 24-hour service site to guarantee treatment of patients.
Party members of the discipline inspection and supervision department in Tashi town, Jinhua city, east China’s Zhejiang province buy daily necessities for people who have difficulty in delivering food to their homes.
Party members of the disease control center in Shanyang district, Jiaozuo city, central China’s Henan province swear an oath before going to work at an epidemic checkpoint.
Party members and cadres of the emergency management bureau of Wufeng Tujia autonomous county in central China’s Hubei province load a vehicle with emergency supplies including cotton quilts. Thousands of Party members and cadres in the county joined the battle against the COVID-19 epidemic.
Party members and cadres check and record body temperature of a resident at a residential compound in Jianning neighborhood, Qilin district, Qujing city, southwest China’s Yunnan province.
Ten Party members of the Jiading power supply branch of State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Co., Ltd. help take body temperatures for people entering Shanghai from a toll gate.
Guo Lei, a traffic police officer in northwest China’s Gansu province, is seen in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic on Feb. 2, 2020. After the outbreak of the epidemic, Guo quickly applied for Party membership and submitted an application form indicating that he should actively respond to the Party’s call to work on the frontline.
