Weng Zuliang visited Far East Horizon investigating the epidemic control situation and work resumption
(March 9th) Weng Zuliang, member of the Standing Committee of Shanghai municipality and Secretary of Pudong New District Committee, together with Deputy District Chief Wang Hua, district Party committee office, District Finance Bureau, Lujiazui Administration Bureau and World Expo Management Bureau, visited Far East Horizon and had a cordial communication with Kong Fanxing, chief executive of Far East Horizon. They had in-depth exchanges on the epidemic prevention and control measures, the work resumption and the future development strategy of Far East Horizon.
In the warm applause, Secretary Weng and his party walked into the Far East Horizon building, cordially paid a new year call and highly praised the epidemic prevention and control work of Far East Horizon. "As soon as we entered the gate of the Far East Horizon, we felt that you’ve done a solid job in epidemic prevention." The cordial greetings and encouraging words make Far East Horizon colleagues feel excited.
In the warm applause, Secretary Weng and his party walked into the Far East Horizon building, cordially paid a new year call and highly praised the epidemic prevention and control work of Far East Horizon. "As soon as we entered the gate of the Far East Horizon, we felt that you’ve done a solid job in epidemic prevention." The cordial greetings and encouraging words make Far East Horizon colleagues feel excited.
▲Secretary Weng’s management team and CEO Mr. Kong step into the Far East Horizon building
Subsequently, Mr. Kong, CEO of Far East Horizon, introduced to Secretary Weng the all-round epidemic prevention and control work since in the middle of January and the current situation of work resumption. When the government confirmed of the coronavirus pneumonia transmission as early as January 20th, the management team urgently arrange material procurement and epidemic prevention & control. Hearing this, Weng Zuliang recognized the efforts of the Far East Horizon's precaution.
As General Secretary Xi expressed that, the epidemic is a big challenge of China's governance system and capacity. Weng said that the Far East's corporate governance capability has been fully reflected in the prevention and control of the epidemic and he was very impressed.
"Facing this major public health emergency, Far East's epidemic prevention and control work has been planned early, and all work has been done carefully and practically. It’s really not easy to ensure a big team with 18000 people controlling ‘zero infection and zero diagnosis’, especially including many employees in Hubei epidemic area! Far East Horizon managed to win the test! "
“For epidemic control situation and work resumption, Far East did a great job!”
"This QR code is very good!" Secretary Weng spoke highly of the "epidemic inspection QR code" which was independently developed by Far East. "It has positioning function. This idea is very good." In fact, before Shanghai promoted the use of "Suishen code", far east used advanced technologies such as big data to effectively monitor the health status of employees through the "Far East portal" app.
▲Weng Zuliang, member of the Standing Committee of Shanghai municipality and Secretary of Pudong New District Committee
In addition, Secretary Weng also pointed out that Far East Horizon has a wide range of business fields, and it is very difficult for employees to return to work across regions and industries, especially for the industrial operation modular. However, Far East Horizon can overcome so many difficulties and basically return to normal business. It is not easy to achieve a work resumption rate of 95%.
epidemic prevention & control and work resumption are both equally important, Secretary Weng said, “Now whole country is promoting epidemic prevention &control and work & production resumption. We should grasp both hands and work hard, and Far East Horizon has done a great job.”
During the coference, Secretary Weng pointed out that Far East Horizon is a model company for the reform of national enterprises and has won the special economic contribution award of Pudong New District for years. Pudong New District is deeply grateful for Far East Horizon’s active participation in regional economic development.
"The enterprise management of Far East Horizon is highly consistent with Pudong's development and opening-up strategy. Over the years, Far East Horizon team has made great contributions to the development of Pudong. On behalf of the Pudong District Committee and government, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Far East for writing a wonderful chapter for Pudong!”
▲Kong Fanxing, CEO of Far East Horizon
Secretary Weng fully affirmed the company's current business model: " Far East Horizon not only makes its business bigger, but is also the ‘Huangpu Military Academy‘ in this field. This is impressive!" Nowadays, Far East Horizon is making contributions to national development and Pudong Development and opening-up in many fields.
CEO Mr. Kong said that, Far East Horizon has resisted the temptation and always abides by the business connotation for years, focusing on serving real economy with no distractions, absolutely no interest arbitrage, speculation, P2P and small loan etc.
For medical field, Far East Horizon is actively responding the national call of “treat the serious decease within the county”, providing high-quality medical resources in the third/fourth/fifth tier cities and counties to deliver medical services to the people. Facing COVID-19, Far East Horizon, who ranks among the first-tier of China's private hospitals, has effectively made up for the prevention and control strength in areas with weak medical resources. Many subordinate hospitals of Far East Horizon group have been assigned as designated hospitals for epidemic prevention and control.
For the selfless contribution of Far East medical team, Secretary Weng gave much appreciation on the efforts. He firstly pointed out that the unique positioning and development model of Far East medical services have been well tested in this epidemic situation, and the distribution of medical resources in areas with weak medical resources reflects the social responsibility and strategic significance of Far East Horizon; At the same time, he recognized the mode of "combination of medical care and nursing" which relies on the “medical" ability to carry out pension business.
Secretary Weng and his team greatly appreciated the active participation of Horizon Construction & Development in the construction of Huoshen mountain and Leishen mountain hospitals, as well as other national construction projects. They understood the capitalization plan of Horizon Construction & Development and expressed their full support. After listening to the situation of Hongwen school Pudong Campus, Secretary Weng instructed that Pudong New District will continue to support the future development of Hongwen school and help Far East Horizon to build Hongwen school into a supporting base for Pudong to attract international talents. He coordinated the relevant departments to investigate Hongwen school, so as to further understand the situation of the school and help Far East Horizon to make the quality education faster and better.
▲From Left to right: CFO-Wang Mingzhe, District Committee Secretary-Weng Zuliang, CEO-Kong Fanxing, Deputy District Chief-Wang Hua, Vice president-Wang Ruisheng
At the end of the investigation, Weng said that Pudong will spare no effort to create a better development environment for enterprises, and he also told Pudong government to take the initiative to connect with Far East Horizon, so as to provide more timely and accurate services, so that the Far East can understand and enjoy government policies first, and also hopes that Far East Horizon will continue to make contributions to the economic and social development of Pudong New District.