The prevention and treatment of the cases of severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) among overseas people in Beijing have
been a "very important task" on the municipal government's work
agenda, a senior official said in Beijing Tuesday.
And overseas people in Beijing have given "active support and
cooperation" to the city's battle against the highly infectious
disease, said Cai Fuchao, director of the publicity department of
the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC) at a regular press conference on SARS.
He
noted that a number of overseas-funded enterprises in Beijing have
maintained the production of materials for SARS purpose, and some
enterprises donated money and materials for the anti-SARS
campaign.
In
the Beijing Economic and Development Zone in southern outskirts of
the city, all 873 overseas enterprises have not suspended their
productions because of SARS, while 66 construction sites have
remained working, and over 260 overseas people working or living in
the zone did not leave, Cai added.
"We are very grateful for that," Cai said.
(Xinhua News Agency May 6, 2003)