Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 6 The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on May 6 to listen to the work report of the Central Steering Group for epidemic prevention and control, and study and improve the regular epidemic prevention and control system and mechanism. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the CPC Central Committee decided to send a steering group to Hubei and other areas with serious epidemic, urged the implementation of the CPC Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on epidemic prevention and control, and comprehensively strengthened the frontline guidance on epidemic prevention and control. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the strong support of the people of all ethnic groups in the country, the Central Steering Group worked side by side with the people of Hubei and Wuhan, focusing on the three priorities of source prevention and control, patient treatment, and material support, making the greatest effort to control the epidemic, and trying to hold the first line of defense for epidemic prevention and control nationwide, demonstrating China's strength, spirit, and efficiency, It has made important contributions to winning the people's war, the overall war and the war of resistance against epidemic prevention and control.

Xi Jinping stressed that at present, the spread of the epidemic abroad has not been effectively curbed, and there have been cluster outbreaks in individual regions of China, and the COVID-19 epidemic is still very uncertain. The epidemic prevention and control in Hubei Province has changed from acute unconventional prevention and control to normalized prevention and control, but this does not mean that the prevention and control measures can be relaxed and rested. The CPC Central Committee decided to continue to send liaison groups to strengthen guidance and support for the follow-up work of epidemic prevention and control in Hubei Province and Wuhan City. We should continue to guide the rehabilitation of patients and psychological counseling, urge the implementation of normalized epidemic prevention and control measures, prevent the input of external prevention and rebound of internal prevention. We should not slack off in all work, consolidate the achievements of epidemic prevention and control, and never give up all our efforts. It is necessary to coordinate and promote Hubei Province and Wuhan City to implement a package of policies to support the economic and social development of Hubei Province and accelerate the restoration of normal production and life while doing a good job in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.

The meeting required that effective practices in epidemic prevention and control in Hubei Province and Wuhan City should be summarized and applied in a timely manner, and the problems exposed should be focused on to remedy weaknesses, close loopholes, strengths and weaknesses, straighten out the medical and health system, reform the disease prevention and control system, improve the ability of epidemic monitoring and early warning, improve public health emergency laws and regulations, and improve major epidemics Public health emergency management and rescue system. We should put prevention first, innovate ways and means of patriotic health campaigns, promote environmental improvement in urban and rural areas, improve public health facilities, vigorously popularize health knowledge, and promote a civilized, healthy, green and environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Other matters were also studied.