February 20, 2020
Prof. Tadafumi Adschiri
President of The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ)
Dear Prof. Tadafumi Adschiri,
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese people, under theleadership of President Xi Jinping and Chinese government, are working
hard as a union to fight against this epidemic. In this special period,
CIESC sincerely thank friends from all over the world for the fullunderstanding and strong support on China and express our sincere
thanks and greetings to friendly international organizations of chemicalindustry and engineering, and global chemical engineers and workers foryour attention and support.
With the attitude of responsibility to the Chinese people and the world,
Chinese government are giving full play to China-characteristic systemadvantages, making all efforts in medical treatment of the patients for
reducing severe and fatal cases. A national expert group has been
assigned to speed up the research and development of vaccines. In
tackling the outbreak, the State Council of China has established acentralized dispatch system for the distribution of medical personnel,
medical supplies and citizen’s daily necessities.
The Chinese government has always adhered to the concept of aCommunity with a Shared Future for mankind and the world. Thesestrong measures taken during this period are not only for the Chinese
people’s health, but also for the sake of global public safety. WHO
officials and many other government and healthcare officials across theglobe are applauding China’s unprecedented and aggressive response.
Currently, the prevention and control work has achieved positive results
and the epidemic situation has shown positive changes due to concerted
hard work. We have full confidence in our ability to prevail over theepidemic at an early date.

CIESC Secretariat
Tel: 86-10-64440548
Email: huqin@ciesc.cn

The fearless and selfless Chinese scientists, doctors and nurses are themainstay in this battle, making strenuous efforts to counter the epidemic.
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and its 210
member societies are working closely with international partners bymobilizing scientists and professionals with expertise on medicaltreatment, scientific research, policy-making and science communicationin the epidemic control. As a member of CAST and under CAST’sguidance, CIESC has actively coordinated all resources available, callingthe academies, scientific and technological institutions and industrial
enterprises to take action to battle against the epidemic. The Chinese
chemical scientists and engineers have made all-round efforts in scientificresearch, public consultation, daily necessity production and scientificknowledge expanding, making positive efforts and outstanding
contributions in this fight.
Virus knows of no national boundaries, but the worst of times reveals thebest in people. Stronger international cooperation is needed to jointly
tackle this challenge. The Chinese government will always adhere tosharing the epidemic information and effective measures with the world
and make contributions to the global fight against the epidemic. In
defeating the epidemic, we would like to remain in close communicationand coordination with SCEJ and will be open to any suggestions fromyou. Thanks again for your long term friendship and strong support onCIESC. We hope to strengthen cooperation with SCEJ in future for thedevelopment of chemical technology in the world.
With best regards
Sincerely yours,Dai Houliang

President of the Council of the Chemical Industry and Engineering
Society of China (CIESC)
CIESC Secretariat
Tel: 86-10-64440548
Email: huqin@ciesc.cn