CAST Calls National Science and Technology Workers to Win People’s Battle Against COVID-19

Resolutely Win People’s Battle Against COVID-19 with Solidarity and Innovation

——Call for the National Science and Technology Workers

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, a majority of science and technology workers have went great lengths to engage actively in the battlefront, concentrate on scientific research, carry out strategic research and evaluation, participate in science popularization, and contribute to the epidemic prevention and control. Science and technology associations and institutes at all levels have launched a science popularization and emergency response linkage mechanism, carried out scientific rumor refutation, organized free clinics and psychological consultation. Science and technology volunteers went to urban and rural communities to carry out joint prevention and control activities. 191 national institutes jointly proposed offering science and technology services to win the battle and 172 science and technology museums provided the science education with “virtual online classroom” to teenagers. China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) wants to pay high tribute and express heartfelt thanks once again to all heroes in retrograde way in this battle.

China is at a crucial stage to prevent and control the epidemic. To achieve the final victory of this battle, we should band together and unify thoughts and actions into the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and the central government’s requirements. With a tenacious and a decisive will, we have the responsibility to make new contributions to winning the battle.

Confirm confidence and follow the leadership of the Party. We should put the people’s life safety and physical health in the first place, meet up with difficulties and play the mainstay role in the battlefront. We should fully implement all major decisions and plans made by the Party Central Committee to our work, inspire people with patriotic dedication, unite people with solidarity and trust, and warm people with kindness and friendliness. We must strengthen our confidence to maintain the “six stability” and continue our struggle to secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eliminating poverty, and we should also achieve progress both in epidemic prevention and control and production development.

Consolidate the Support for Scientific Prevention. Facing the battlefront of the epidemic prevention and control, we not only need to heighten the awareness of collaboration, and accelerate the clinical application of diagnosis and treatment methods, but also need to enhance collaborative dedication, overcome the most urgent prevention and control problems and apply the achievements to the battlefield of epidemic prevention and control. Facing joint prevention and control, mass prevention and treatment, we need to strengthen decision-making ability, and serve scientific governance. Facing communities, villages and towns, we need to provide science and technology voluntary services for epidemic prevention consultation, psychological counseling and scientific guidance, help the masses to rationally view the epidemic and enhance prevention awareness and protection capabilities.

Heighten Cooperation to Solve the Problems. We should be confident about the positive long-term trend of our economy and promote the deep integration of science, technology and economy. Based on our existing posts and aided by technology and science, we should strive to help people and factories  resume work and production. Giving full play to professional strengths, relying on institutes, we should actively participate in innovation-driven efforts to support the action of “hundreds of cities, thousands of institutes and enterprises”, promote the transformation of achievements and technology transactions to serve small and medium-sized enterprises. It is necessary to turn crisis into opportunity, seize new opportunities for digital economic development, use new technologies, new formats and new models to carry out innovation and entrepreneurship, and expand new space for high-quality development.

Uphold Science and Establish New Trends. We should conscientiously advocate the patriotic, innovative, realistic, dedicatory, collaborative and educational scientist spirit, strengthen scientific and moral self-discipline and cultivate a good academic style in epidemic prevention and control. We should popularize scientific knowledge, advocate scientific methods, promote scientific spirit to enhance public understanding of science and faith in the power of science and technology, so as to cultivate scientific rationality in the whole society, guide the public to develop a healthy lifestyle and promote social progress.

Open Communication to reach consensus. We should actively participate in international academic exchanges of epidemic prevention and control, share research results with counterparts around the world, and improve human capacity to jointly respond to major epidemic challenges. We should tell the truth about China on fighting the epidemic so as to enhance trust and dispel doubts, deepen cooperation and jointly promote the progress of a community with a shared future.

We should undertake the responsibility for serving the country and feel honor to serve people. We will rally even more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and enhance the “Four Consciousness”, the “Four Matters of Confidence” and achieve the “ Adherence to Two Principles”. With solidarity and innovation, we will make greater contributions to win the battle against the epidemic and secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

 

China Association for Science and Technology

Feb. 11, 2020