the standing committee of the political bureau of the cpc central committee held a meeting on march 17 to analyze the covid-19 situation and make arrangements for strict epidemic prevention and control. xi jinping, general secretary of the cpc central committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.
xi jinping pointed out that since the normalized epidemic prevention and control, we insist on "rebound against input, inside outside", constantly enhance the level of division classification differentiation precise control, fast and efficient disposal of local clustering, the maximum to protect the people's life safety and body health, our country economy development and epidemic prevention and control to maintain the global leading position, it fully demonstrates china's solid strength and strong capability in epidemic prevention and control, and fully demonstrates the remarkable strengths of the leadership of the communist party of china and china's socialist system.
xi stressed that perseverance means victory. all regions, all departments and all sectors should have a deep understanding of the complexity, difficulty and repetition of epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad, and further mobilize, unify their thinking, strengthen their confidence, and persevere in all aspects of epidemic prevention and control. we must always put people and life first, pursue scientific, precise and dynamic zero-out measures, and contain the spread of the epidemic as soon as possible. he called for more scientific and targeted epidemic prevention and control, constantly optimizing epidemic prevention and control measures, and stepping up scientific and technological breakthroughs such as the research and development of vaccines, rapid testing reagents and drugs to make prevention and control work more targeted. xi called for maintaining strategic focus, seeking progress while maintaining stability, coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development, taking more effective measures to maximize the impact of epidemic prevention and control at the lowest cost, and minimizing the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development.
the meeting pointed out that there are many local clusters of epidemic cases in china, with wide coverage and frequent occurrence. local governments, government departments, institutions and individuals should shoulder the responsibility of early detection, early reporting, early isolation and early treatment, strictly carry out prevention and control work, strengthen prevention and control guidance in key areas, and quickly bring local clusters of cases under control.
the meeting stressed the need to keep people's normal work and life stable and orderly, do a good job in the production and supply of daily necessities, and ensure people's demand for medical treatment. we should speed up the reform of the disease control and prevention system, expand the coverage of surveillance among key groups, improve the multi-channel surveillance and early warning mechanism, and comprehensively improve the epidemic surveillance and early warning and emergency response capacity. we need to consolidate the responsibility of port areas for prevention and control, strengthen the prevention and control forces at ports, improve the regular prevention and control mechanism, strengthen weak links and strengthen the defense line against imported goods. it is necessary to strengthen regular prevention and control in schools and other key places, consolidate the main responsibility, and take concrete and detailed prevention and control measures and emergency plans. officials and the general public should be educated and guided to fully understand the importance of epidemic prevention, master the knowledge of epidemic prevention, consciously comply with the requirements of epidemic prevention, strengthen self-protection, and cooperate with the party and the government to do a good job. we should strengthen the popularization of vaccination, promote immunization, further increase the vaccination rate, and strengthen the defense line of mass prevention and control. he called for coordinated information release, publicity and guidance, timely notification of the epidemic situation and progress in prevention and control, and proactive response to public concerns.
the meeting called on all regions, departments and sectors to align their thinking and actions with the decisions and plans of the cpc central committee, and the party and government to fulfill their responsibilities and work together to protect the soil and improve their capacity for epidemic prevention. xi called for strengthening organizational leadership, overcoming paralysis, war weariness, fluke mentality and slack attitude, and focusing on all aspects of epidemic prevention and control in a timely manner. in places where the epidemic is more serious, leading party and government officials and officials at all levels should give top priority to epidemic prevention and fight for a decisive victory. party organizations at all levels, party members and officials should play an active role, go to the front line of prevention and control, reach out to the people, and actively help them solve their problems. those who have lost control of the epidemic due to their negligence must be dealt with immediately in accordance with discipline and regulations, and those who have lost control of the epidemic must be held accountable.
the meeting also examined other matters.
source: people's daily online