ICBC Tokyo Branch Urgently Procures Large Quantities of Protective Supplies to Actively Support Epidemic Prevention and Control

       People's Daily Online, Tokyo, January 31 (Sun Lu, Teng Xue) At present, the epidemic situation and prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia have been on the minds of Chinese people around the world and have also drawn the attention of Chinese enterprises in Japan. All enterprises are concerned about the motherland and the medical workers fighting on the front line of the epidemic prevention and control. They actively donate money and raise medical supplies. The Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, as one of them, cooperated with the deployment and arrangement of the head office, and prepared protective supplies in all aspects to support the epidemic prevention and control work.

       On the 30th, a reporter saw at the bonded warehouse of Narita Airport that the employees of the Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China were busily and orderly packing the second batch of protective supplies that were about to be sent to China into boxes and labeling them one by one. It is learned that on January 24th, the Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China completed the delivery of the first batch of emergency protective supplies to key epidemic areas such as Hubei. Subsequently, by organizing employees to widely contact sources of goods and overcoming problems such as mask shortages and difficulties in freight customs clearance, the second batch of over 250,000 pieces of medical supplies was successfully dispatched on the 30th. Other supplies are also being collected in a tight schedule.

       According to a relevant person in charge of the Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, in the face of this sudden outbreak of the epidemic, in order to quickly meet the cross-border remittance demands for purchasing and donating medical supplies both at home and abroad, in addition to actively preparing for the urgent dispatch of materials to domestic and foreign markets, the bank has also launched financial service supports such as free handling fees for donations and remittances to fight against the domestic epidemic. Meanwhile, the branch actively cooperated with the Chinese Embassy in Japan and the Chinese Enterprises Association in Japan to carry out relevant fundraising and donation projects, and participated in the epidemic assistance work.

       On the box of protective supplies sent back to China on the 30th, the Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China marked a red heart, cheering for the motherland and for Wuhan. The Tokyo Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China stated that when one area is in trouble, help comes from all directions. It will continue to actively cooperate with all parties to do a good job in all aspects of the fight against the epidemic.