China's enterprises are strengthening efforts to play a bigger role in helping the world battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Algeria, a plane laden with 550,000 surgical masks, 2,000 protective gowns and 10 ventilators landed in the capital Algiers recently. Donated by China State Construction Engineering Corp, the supplies have provided timely help for the country.
"The medical supplies came at a time when Algeria lacks medical equipment amid the pandemic. China didn't give up on us," said Benbachir Lamia, a project engineer at CSCEC.
Facing the increasingly severe pandemic in Ethiopia, CSCEC decided to refurbish part of the wards in a local hospital to help contain the outbreak there.
A team of more than 30 Chinese and local employees from CSCEC designed and helped build the facility in East Africa, which took only five days to complete.
"Chinese centrally administered SOEs like CSCEC have shown their strength, speed and high sense of responsibility in helping with global pandemic prevention and control," said Liu Yu, economic and commercial counselor at the Chinese embassy in Ethiopia.
Apart from donations, centrally administered SOEs are ramping up production of medical equipment urgently needed in many countries.
It took only 72 hours for Sinopharm Group's Jiayuan subsidiary to deliver respirators to Morocco. The unit pulled together resources from eastern and central China and equipped emergency power conversion tools that could be put to immediate use in hospitals.
Sinopharm is also stepping up efforts to assist overseas subsidiaries of China's centrally administered SOEs to maintain necessary supplies to help stabilize the global supply chain.
The company has proactively contacted central SOEs to express its willingness to assist in the purchase of anti-COVID-19 supplies, and has received feedback from more than 50 central SOEs' overseas branches in over 30 countries and regions.
State-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp has donated 250,000 surgical masks to its overseas partner EDF Energy, as well as 20,000 medical masks to Framatome SA and 20,000 surgical masks and 3,000 goggles to Orano SA, both in France.
Another State-owned company, Sinoma Energy Conservation Ltd, donated 25,000 surgical masks to over 20 overseas clients and partners. Donations were also made by China Cosco Shipping Corp Ltd, which donated medical supplies worth 450,000 yuan ($63,600), including 50,000 surgical masks and 200 protective suits, to Italy.
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