Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering
No. 1 Lane 2, Baiguang Road
Xicheng District, Beijing 100761, ChinaFebruary 20, 2020
Dr. Toshiko Nakagawa
President of the IEEJ
Homat Horizon BLDG. 8FL, 6-2
Go-Bancho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Initiative of Standing in Solidarity and Fighting against COVID-19
Dear Dr. Toshiko Nakagawa,Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese government has taken the mostcomprehensive, strict and thorough prevention and control measures to fight against
this epidemic. WHO officials and many other government and healthcare officials
across the globe are applauding China’s unprecedented and aggressive response,
which shows that China is highly responsible, not only for the Chinese people’s
health but also for the sake of global public safety.
At this critical moment, Chinese government is making all efforts in medical
treatment of the patients for reducing severe and fatal cases. A national expert grouphas been assigned to speed up the research and development of vaccines. In tackling
the outbreak, the State Council of China has established a centralized dispatch
system for the distribution of medical personnel, medical supplies and citizen’s daily
necessities. Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and Chinese government,
the prevention and control work has achieved positive results and the epidemic
situation has shown positive changes due to concerted hard work. We have fullconfidence in our ability to prevail over the epidemic at an early date.
The fearless and selfless Chinese scientists, doctors and nurses are the mainstay inthis battle, making strenuous efforts to counter the epidemic. China Association for
Science and Technology (CAST) is working closely with its member societies andinternational partners by mobilizing scientists and professionals with expertise on
medical treatment, scientific research, policy-making and science communication in
the epidemic control. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, CAST has actively
coordinated all resources available to fight against the disease through expanding
scientific knowledge, producing media resources for public health emergencies,
organizing psychological consultations, providing advices to the public on measures
to protect health and prevent and control the spread of the virus and so on.
As a member of CAST, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) has also
issued an Initiative to Chinese electrical professionals, calling for a vigorous effort tocombat the sudden outbreak of a novel virus. Relying to its intellectual resources andNo. 1, Lane 2, Baiguang Rd., Xicheng Dist., Beijing 100761, China
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platform advantages, CSEE will provide most solid technological support for electric
power supply to facilitate the epidemic prevention and control, share accurate
information and reliable knowledge to the general public, and offer every possiblesupport to those electrical professionals in the battlefront.
Virus knows of no national boundaries, but the worst of times reveals the best inpeople. Stronger international cooperation is needed to jointly tackle this challenge.
In defeating the epidemic, we would like to remain in close communication andcoordination with IEEJ and will be open to any suggestions from you. We would also
like to strengthen cooperation in epidemic control to jointly protect lives and healthof our peoples and uphold global public health security.
With best regards

Sincerely yours,Dr. Yinbiao SHU
President
Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE)

No. 1, Lane 2, Baiguang Rd., Xicheng Dist., Beijing 100761, China
Tel: 8610-63414320
Fax: 8610-63414319