According to news from the official website of the Ministry of Science and Technology on March 20, on the morning of March 14, Wang Zhigang, the leader of the scientific research group of the New State Coronary Virus Pneumonia Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism and the Minister of Science and Technology, led a team to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate and respond to the scientific research of the COVID-19 epidemic. Discussions and discussions with relevant experts and scholars of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
At the exchange meeting, the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced the overall situation of scientific research on COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control. Relevant scientific researchers conducted research on emergency drug development, rapid detection product development, vaccine and antibody development, virus traceability, and international scientific and technological cooperation in response to the epidemic. Special introduction. After the outbreak, the Chinese Academy of Sciences actively participated in the work of the scientific research group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council. The Wuhan Institute of Virology, Animal Institute, and Microbiology Institute took the lead in undertaking a number of national emergency scientific research tasks and achieved good results. Subsequently, relevant experts put forward opinions and suggestions on the etiology and traceability of the COVID-19 virus, the prediction and early warning of the epidemic situation, the construction of the biosafety laboratory system, the construction of the public health system and personnel training, and international cooperation. Minister Wang Zhigang and Bai Chunli Academy The president and the relevant experts conducted in-depth and detailed exchanges on the above issues.
The report mentioned that Minister Wang Zhigang emphasized that the ultimate victory in fighting the epidemic depends on science and technology. I hope that the majority of science and technology workers will take the burden and make a difference, go all out, speed up the scientific research emergency response, and prevent and control the people in order to win the epidemic. War, general war, and siege war provide powerful scientific and technological support. In terms of combining scientific research with clinical practice, we must adhere to demand traction, technology promotion, strengthen exchanges and communication, and achieve efficient transformation of basic research and clinical applications. In terms of jointly promoting the construction of an infectious disease research system, I hope that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will participate in co-construction.
“In terms of the talent team, there are not many people specializing in coronavirus research in China. After this epidemic, we must ensure the stability and growth of the research team in this direction.” Wang Zhigang emphasized that in terms of basic research and platform construction, I hope that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will give full play to the discipline. Cross advantages and continue to tackle problems. It is necessary to proceed from the overall situation of national security and people’s well-being, and attach great importance to biosecurity, especially biotechnology security. Minister Wang Zhigang also stated in his speech that the Ministry of Science and Technology will adhere to the working philosophy of relying on scientific and technological personnel and serving scientific and technological personnel, and continue to serve innovative subjects such as scientific research institutions, universities and enterprises, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and serve the majority of scientific researchers. Efforts will be made to create a good scientific research ecological environment for scientific researchers to devote themselves to learning and serve the country.
President Bai Chunli pointed out that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the party group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has seriously implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and the spirit of the Central Leadership Group on Response to Epidemic Prevention and Control. The unified deployment of scientific research and tackling groups has made epidemic prevention and control the most important political task at present, and has made efforts to promote scientific research and tackling the epidemic situation. With the strong support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, most of the research work of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been included in the overall national science and technology research task, and has achieved a series of research in virus traceability research, rapid detection product research and development, emergency drug research and development, animal model creation, vaccine and antibody research and development. Progress has provided strong scientific and technological support for national epidemic prevention and control work.