“Green Ribbon Action” - Donating Medical Supplies to Italy: Fight Against the Epidemic, Love without Borders
2020/3/27 14:53:00 本站

Green Ribbon “Reception Ceremony of the COVID-19 Medical Supplies Donation for Italy” was held in Beijing on the morning of the 25th. Mr. Emanuele de Maigret, Minister Counselor and Head of Economic and Commercial Office of the Italian Embassy in Beijing, Mr. Zhang Qi, President of Dragon Design Foundation, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), and the representatives of the World Green Design Organization attended the ceremony. The donated materials include masks, protective gear, goggles, detectors, etc., which are from the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation, one of the participants in the “Green Ribbon Action”.

 

Mr. Emanuele de Maigret, Minister Counselor and Head of Economic and Commercial Office of the Italian Embassy, expressed his gratitude for the donation of “Green Ribbon Action”. He said, “Italy helped the Chinese people when they were affected by the COVID-19, now China’s help and support to Italy is the embodiment of the profound friendship between the two countries. Recently, President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella exchanged views with China’s President Xi Jinping, reiterating the firm determination of the two governments to fight against the epidemic situation together. 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy. The exchange between the two countries and peoples have a long history. I am sure that the close exchanges between the two countries will connect us and help us overcome the epidemic!”

 

Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of CBCGDF, said that the friendship between the Chinese and Italian people has a long history and many Italians are well-known in China. For example, Marco Polo, who introduced China to Europe and even the world; Matteo Ricci, an Italian priest who introduced Western knowledge of astronomy and geography to China; Galileo Galilei, who made great contributions to astronomy and physics, etc. During the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, Chinese people received great help from Italy. This time, when China won the basic victory in the fight against the epidemic, the Chinese government, enterprises, and organizations actively participated in the “Green Ribbon Action” to support Italy’s epidemic situation. It is hoped that in the face of this epidemic crisis and the face of the crisis of climate and biological relations in the future, the Chinese and Italian people can continue to work together to build our beautiful planet.

 

Mr. Zhang Qi, President of Dragon Design Foundation, said “Italy is the birthplace of the Renaissance, so far people are still sharing the fruits of the Renaissance. 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy. We hope to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries through the strength of non-governmental organizations and work together to fight the epidemic. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an integral part of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years. It can be seen from the current data and actual treatment results of COVID-19 in China that TCM treatment is effective. In the following work, we will accumulate the resources of TCM, and hoping to help more people.”

 

“Green Ribbon Action” is a link and bridge across China and Europe and international linkage. Its concept is “Same sky, one world”. We look forward to the “Green Ribbon Action” linking China and Europe, making love boundless. Green represents life, hope and the bright future of human sustainable development; red represents the Chinese people, and blue represents the European people. We believe that the Chinese and European people will join hands and work together to fight the epidemic successfully. Through the friendly exchanges of NGOs, we can enhance the connection of people’s hearts and realize the initiative of building a community with a shared future for mankind! So far, 140 social groups and 289 volunteers from different countries have participated in this platform.

 

On the “Green Ribbon Action” platform, we saw that: many European volunteers and overseas Chinese are working hard for the latest supply-demand under the pressure of the jet lag; to facilitate the use of materials, the person in charge of the enterprise worked until midnight to adjust the product description in Chinese and English; to send the medical supplies to the front-line of the epidemic, the ordinary workers are producing detection reagent over time; some male staffs hurt their fingers when carrying supplies, but they still kept working; some female staffs also kept working on verifying the supply details under the pain of waist and knee…

 

Same sky, one world. The epidemic has no national boundaries and isolated islands. The strength of NGOs get over long-distance, provide the support and build bridges for people of all countries! At this moment, we are not afraid of distance; we are the families on the way of “Belt and Road”; we watch the same moon and guard the same blue sky. In the joint fight against the epidemic, NGOs are taking action.


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Original Chinese article:

http://www.cbcgdf.org/NewsShow/4937/11787.html


By / Xue Tongtong