The new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
The latest news from the Health Emergency Office shows that from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 27, 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 31 new confirmed cases, 515 new severe cases, 26 new deaths (24 in Hubei Province, 1 in Beijing City, and 1 in Hainan Province), 9 new cured and discharged cases, and 2,077 new suspected cases.
According to a reporter from China Securities Journal, financial institutions such as banks, insurance, and trusts responded to the call and rushed to help urgently and jointly fight the epidemic.
cumulative donations exceed 800 million
According to incomplete statistics from reporters from China Securities Journal, as of 16:00 on January 28, banks, insurance, trusts, etc., have released donations information, with a cumulative donation amount of more than 800 million yuan.
Donation status of some financial institutions
Source: Public data sorting, incomplete statistics
helps fight the epidemic based on their own resource endowments
In addition to donations, financial institutions also helps fight the epidemic based on their own resource endowments. For example, the National Development Bank of issued an emergency loan of 2 billion yuan to Wuhan, and was used to support Wuhan in doing a good job in preventing and controlling pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus;
Everbright Bank studied and formulated special credit policies and preferential policies, and issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Credit Support in Fighting the Epidemic" to the bank, and implemented policy preferences for credit financing in industries related to fight the epidemic;
Xinhua Insurance announced that through the Xinhua Life Insurance Public Welfare Foundation, gave each of the nearly 200,000 medical staff who fought the epidemic in Wuhan, and the total risk insurance amount was about 60 billion yuan.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China stated that it will specially handle for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical institutions, public health infrastructure construction, scientific research and other units, open up green channels, and actively meet their reasonable financing needs through special service plans, credit scale arrangements, interest rate discounts and other measures.
A few days ago, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued the "Notice on Strengthening Financial Services of the Banking and Insurance Industry and Cooperating in the Prevention and Control of the Pneumonia Epidemic by the New Coronavirus Infection", encouraging relevant enterprises to overcome the impact of the epidemic disaster by appropriately lowering loan interest rates, improving the policy arrangements for renewal loans, and increasing credit loans and medium- and long-term loans. For wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering, logistics and transportation, cultural tourism and other industries that are greatly affected by the epidemic, as well as enterprises with development prospects but are temporarily trapped, they shall not blindly withdraw loans, cut off loans, or suppress loans.
China Securities Journal reporters also learned that various associations have also taken different practical actions. China Banking Association issued an initiative to all member units, including issuing emergency loans or special loans to areas with severe epidemics, giving special interest rate discounts, and reducing and exempting relevant formalities; arranging special credit lines for medical institutions and manufacturing enterprises related to epidemic prevention and control, and formulating special service plans; for enterprises that affect normal operations and encounter temporary difficulties, full support will be provided through credit restructuring, reducing and exempting overdue interest according to actual conditions; encourage medical staff participating in epidemic prevention and control, government staff, and people who temporarily lose their source of income due to the epidemic, if personal loans and credit card overdrafts in during the epidemic are overdue, the repayment period will be reasonably delayed, which will not be considered a default, and will not be included in the list of default customers.
China Insurance Association issued an initiative, including strengthening overall coordination, concentrating manpower, material resources and financial resources, focusing on protecting insurance institutions in Hubei Province, and improving insurance service capabilities in areas severely affected by the epidemic; opening a green channel for insurance claims; accelerates the development of exclusive insurance products and services for medical and disease control personnel and their families; actively utilizes existing resources, establishes and opens a free value-added service platform for health consultation, answers questions in a timely manner, alleviates the public's tension and eases the public's emotions; actively promotes donations to key epidemic areas; strengthens security protection, etc.
China Trust Industry Association proposes and is the trustee of Guotong Trust Co., Ltd. to initiate the establishment of the "China Trust Industry Fighting New Pneumonia Charity Trust ", raises funds and invests in assistance and assistance to Hubei's epidemic prevention new pneumonia as soon as possible. The trust industry responded quickly. On January 26, 19 trust companies invested 10 million yuan in special charity funds as soon as possible; on the 27th, 24 trust companies joined the charity trust and invested 12.1 million yuan in special charity funds.
Edited by: Ya Wenhui
