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The sudden spike in newly con- there were 52,526 confirmed cases He made the remark in a phone firmed cases of novel coronavirus on the Chinese mainland, he said. conversation with Malaysian Prime pneumonia in Hubei province on The sudden increase is due to a Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Wednesday is due to a revised revised diagnostic criterion, accord- whom Xi described as an “old friend diagnosis criterion, and experts ing to the Hubei health authorities. Medical personnel from the People’s Liberation Army get off a military transport aircraft at Wuhan of the Chinese people”. said the change, which is within On Feb 3, the National Health Tianhe International Airport in Hubei province on Thursday, marking the first civilian-related Mahathir’s phone call at such a expectations, can enable more Commission released the fifth edi- mission carried out by the PLA’s Y20 transport aircraft. The 1,400 military medical workers, critical period when the Chinese people to obtain appropriate medi- tion of the diagnosis and treatment boarding 11 aircraft, will be joined by another 1,200 colleagues in the latest effort to fight the novel people are fighting the contagion cal treatment. plan. It required Hubei to count clin- coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan. CHEN XIAODONG / FOR CHINA DAILY See story, page 3 shows Malaysia’s friendly feelings Hubei had 14,840 additional con- ically diagnosed patients as newly and support for China, Xi said. firmed cases on Wednesday, the confirmed cases so that more sus- Xi stressed that the Chinese gov- highest daily increase so far, Hubei pected patients can receive the same ernment has adopted the most com- Provincial Health Commission said standard of treatment as confirmed prehensive, strictest and most on Thursday morning. ones, thus reducing the possible sweeping preventive measures Of these newly confirmed cases, spread of the virus and improving Hubei, Wuhan get new Party chiefs since the outbreak of the epidemic. 13,332 were clinically diagnosed, the treatment success rate. The fatality rate remains at a rela- meaning suspected patients were On Tuesday, the provincial health By CAO YIN in Beijing province, started his career with tively low level, breakthroughs are identified as having the disease commission released the first figure and ZHOU LIHUA in Wuhan the industrial and commercial being made in treatment methods based on symptoms, medical his- for clinically diagnosed cases, administration in Huangyan and the recovery rate continues to tory, and computerized tomogra- which was 10,567 as of late Monday The top officials in Hubei prov- county, Zhejiang, in December rise, he said. phy, or CT scans, rather than night, but it wasn’t added to the ince and the city of Wuhan were 1976. From 1984 to 1986, he stud- Xi said that the Chinese govern- testing positive for the virus using newly confirmed cases that day. replaced on Thursday, a move by ied law at the China University of ment will lead its people to win the lab kits, which accounted for 1,508 the central leadership to help the Political Science and Law. war of epidemic prevention and con- of the new cases. See Surge, page 5 region better fight the novel coro- Ying Yong Wang Zhonglin Since then, he has held office in trol with greater confidence, stronger The surge in Hubei pushed the navirus pneumonia outbreak. public security authorities and resolve and more targeted measures. new infections nationwide on Inside Approved by the Communist He said the country still faces a political and legal affairs agen- Meanwhile, China will keep Wednesday to 15,152. Among the Party of China Central Committee, severe epidemic situation, and cies in the province’s cities of marching toward its long-term newly added 254 deaths, 242 were in • See more, pages 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13 Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, called on officials at all levels — Taizhou and Shaoxing. In 1995, goals with determination, he added. Hubei, said Mi Feng, a spokesman • Comment, page 9 was appointed Party secretary of the backbone and commanding he became deputy director of the Xi noted that China’s strong Hubei, replacing Jiang Chaoliang. officers in the battle against the Zhejiang Provincial Public Secu- measures to curb the contagion not Wu Yuliang, deputy head of the disease — to meet the challenges rity Department, and 10 years lat- only show its responsibility for the Organization Department of the head on and better undertake er he was named president of health of its own people, but also its Hard-hit cities told to scale CPC Central Committee, made their responsibilities. Zhejiang High People’s Court. contribution to global public health. the announcement to Hubei offi- Thursday’s reshuffle was the In 2007, Ying was transferred This has been fully affirmed by cials at a conference on Thursday. latest move to inject fresh impe- to Shanghai and became the other countries and the World up prevention measures He said the decision was made tus into the leadership in Hubei. president of Shanghai High Peo- Health Organization, he said, adding by the central leadership after On Monday, Chen Yixin, secre- ple’s Court in 2008. Five years lat- that China will continue to strength- By XU WEI medical treatment and isolation thorough and careful considera- tary-general of the Commission er, he was promoted to the city’s en cooperation with the internation- [email protected] measures on a par with those in tions, and is based on the needs for Political and Legal Affairs of leadership and started to serve as al community to fight the epidemic. Wuhan, the provincial capital. of the epidemic prevention and the CPC Central Committee, Shanghai mayor in January 2017. In particular, the governments A meeting chaired by Premier Li The authorities in Hubei and control work as well as the reality returned to Hubei as deputy head Wang, the new Wuhan Party and people in neighboring countries Keqiang on Thursday called for the Wuhan must scale up control over of the leadership structure in of a central government group to secretary, 57, is a native of Shan- with friendly relations with China, authorities in Wuhan, the epicen- roads leading out of the province Hubei, according to a report by guide the local disease preven- dong province. He began his including Malaysia, have taken posi- ter of the novel coronavirus pneu- and the city to prevent the spread of Xinhua News Agency. tion and control work. Chen was career at a public security bureau tive steps to provide timely assist- monia outbreak, to accelerate the epidemic, said a statement On the same day, Wang Zhong- deputy Party secretary of Hubei in the province’s city of Zao- ance to China, he said. steps to offer treatment to con- released after the meeting. lin, Party secretary of Jinan, capi- and Party secretary of Wuhan zhuang in 1984 and joined the This is a vivid example of how firmed and suspected cases and It is important to focus on priori- tal of Shandong province, from December 2016 to March CPC in the same year. countries in the region help each isolate close contacts in curbing tized areas, make coordinated replaced Ma Guoqiang to be the 2018 before he was transferred to In 2013, Wang became mayor other in times of need, Xi said. the contagion. efforts and adopt differentiated top official of Wuhan, the epicen- the secretary-general post. of Liaocheng, Shandong. Five He said China will continue to The meeting of the leading group strategies to resolutely win the bat- ter of the ongoing viral outbreak. On Tuesday, Wang Hesheng, years later, he was named the enhance preventive cooperation of the Communist Party of China tle against the outbreak and There was no information former deputy head of the Party secretary of Jinan, the pro- with member countries of the Associ- Central Committee on coping with endeavor to meet the targets for about future arrangements for National Health Commission, vincial capital. ation of Southeast Asian Nations in a the outbreak also stressed the need social and economic development Jiang or Ma. was named director of the Hubei transparent and open way to jointly to enable Xiaogan and Huanggang, this year, the statement said. On Monday, Xi Jinping, gener- provincial health commission. Contact the writers at safeguard public health in the region. cities in Hubei province also hit al secretary of the CPC Central Both Ying Yong and Wang [email protected] China will continue to treat citi- hard by the outbreak, to adopt See Meeting, page 5 Committee, said during an Zhonglin have had long working zens of Malaysia and other countries inspection in Beijing that offi- experience with the political and Inside in China the same as Chinese citi- cials could be better assessed in legal affairs departments.