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A Chinese air force aircraft carrying medics and supplies arrives in Wuhan, Hubei Province, February 2, 2020. /Xinhua
**Editor's note: **The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."
Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn was confident from the beginning that China would overcome the COVID-19 epidemic because of three reasons: its commitment, competence, and readiness to change and improve.
"China's system of party-led, strong government can deal more effectively, more efficiently and more rapidly with the stringent demands of a lockdown, quarantine and containment, and mobilization of national resources and healthcare professionals,"explainedKuhn, who is chair of The Kuhn Foundation, an organization that advances the understanding of science and philosophy.
As Kuhn noted during an interview with Chinese media, the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was the main force behind its victory over COVID-19. In the face of another challenge, the ruling party demonstrated its historical role in defending the interests of the Chinesepeople. It providedfurther evidence that adherence to the centralized and unified leadership of the CPCis one of the most significant advantages of China's national governance system.
On January 7, which was during the early stages of the pandemic, President Xi Jinping gave a clear statement about the country's prevention and control work at a topdecision-making meeting. As the virus spread, he chaired several high-level meetings during which he issued direct demands on how to proceed. During a meeting with visiting World HealthOrganization Director-General Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, President Xi emphasized that "people's safety and health always come first."
Throughout the pandemic, the President undertook inspection tours of Beijing and Wuhan,as well across the provinces of Zhejiang and Shaanxi. He offered sincere gratitude and greetings to frontline personnel, conveying the idea of people-oriented governance andsending out a clear signal that China can prevail. The nation's ruling party and its government demonstrated through their actions that they are steadfast guardians of the interestsof the Chinese people.
Analysts have attributed China's success in overcoming the virus in a relatively short time to its extraordinary mobilization ability and the institutional advantage of concentratingresources to accomplish large undertakings.
In the face of sudden outbreaks, almost all countries have faced challenges with insufficient medical personnel, a shortage of hospital beds and a lack of medical supplies. With its strong social mobilization and organizational capabilities, China has been able to quickly solve these problems and has effectivelycontained the spread of COVID-19.
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