The spirit of combating COVID-19

In September 2020, China held a meeting to commend those who had performed as role models in the battle against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. In his speech to the meeting, Xi Jinping summarized the nation's spirit of combating the COVID-19 epidemic as putting people's lives first, nationwide solidarity, self-sacrifice, respecting science, and a sense of mission for humanity.

Putting people's lives above everything else is an enduring Chinese tradition. It also reflects the CPC's commitment to people-centered development.

Nationwide solidarity meant that all of China's 1.4 billion people, irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, age and occupation, plunged into the battle and became a formidable force against the epidemic.

Many people showed great courage and risked their own lives to save others in the face of this dangerous virus.

Respecting science is the responsible attitude shown by the Chinese people toward disease control.

A sense of mission for humanity is embodied by the Chinese people's willing acceptance of responsibility for themselves and for all others around the world.

The spirit of combating COVID-19 is a manifestation of the longstanding culture of the Chinese nation. It is a continuation of patriotism and collectivism. At the meeting to commend the role models, Xi Jinping issued a call to promote this spirit throughout society, and transform it into the strength required to build a modern socialist country and achieve national rejuvenation.

偉大抗疫精神

2020年9月,全國抗擊新冠肺炎疫情表彰大會在北京隆重舉行。習近平總書記出席會議并指出,在這場同嚴重疫情的殊死較量中,中國人民和中華民族以敢于斗爭、敢于勝利的大無畏氣概,鑄就了“生命至上、舉國同心、舍生忘死、尊重科學、命運與共”的偉大抗疫精神。

生命至上,集中體現了中國人民深厚的仁愛傳統和中國共產黨人以人民為中心的價值追求。舉國同心,集中體現了中國人民萬眾一心、同甘共苦的團結偉力。舍生忘死,集中體現了中國人民敢于壓倒一切困難而不被任何困難所壓倒的頑強意志。尊重科學,集中體現了中國人民求真務實、開拓創新的實踐品格。命運與共,集中體現了中國人民和衷共濟、愛好和平的道義擔當。

偉大抗疫精神,同中華民族長期形成的特質稟賦和文化基因一脈相承,是愛國主義、集體主義、社會主義精神的傳承和發展,是中國精神的生動詮釋,豐富了民族精神和時代精神的內涵。習近平強調,要在全社會大力弘揚偉大抗疫精神,使之轉化為全面建設社會主義現代化國家、實現中華民族偉大復興的強大力量。