SABIC donates RMB 8m to Hubei Province in battle against Coronavirus

SABIC donates RMB 8m to Hubei Province in battle against Coronavirus


SABIC has announced a donation of RMB 8 million to the Hubei Charity Federation, to aid the fight against the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, it said in a statement. 

The funds will support the Union Hospital affiliated with the Tongji Medical College of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the Wuhan Medical Care Center for Women & Children, Yingcheng People’s Hospital and Huanggang Central Hospital.

More specifically, it said the money will be used to purchase medical supplies and provide care and support for front-line doctors and medical workers, and for meeting the specific needs for epidemic prevention.

Li Lei, Vice President and Regional Head, North Asia, SABIC said: “SABIC is sparing no effort to help aid the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. We will continue to play our part in contributing to the prevention and control of the epidemic.”

SABIC added that shortly after the initial outbreak, it responded swiftly to the Chinese government’s calls to support the urgent production of personal hygiene, healthcare products and medical equipment by offering much-needed materials, consolidating the efforts in epidemic prevention and the personal protection of the public.

Elsewhere, over past few weeks, SABIC has deployed 50 tons of materials to support the production of containers for disinfectant, delivered four tons of materials to meet the production needs for respirators and monitors which will be assigned to the Wuhan Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals and secured many tons of materials for the production of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) monitors and various other media devices which needed by hospitals in Wuhan.

The statement read: “Through these ongoing efforts, SABIC employees are consistently demonstrating the company’s belief in Chemistry that Matters in this fight against COVID-19 outbreak.”

Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in a state phone call – he expressed great appreciation to King Salman and Saudi Arabia for voicing firm support for China on multiple occasions.

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17th February 2020