After more than 20 days of hard work, Quanzhou has now achieved dynamic COVID-zero at the community level. Since the sudden resurgence of COVID-19, HQU’s contributions and support to the city response are particularly impressive.

Racing against time with“Swift Response”

As a new wave of coronavirus infections was reported in Quanzhou, HQU raced to roll out the 1^stround of campus-wide nucleic acid testing (NAT), with shift to online classes, closed-off management, canceled dine-in meals and offline events, HQU President Wu Jianping, and Xu Xipeng, HQU Party Committee Secretary steering the school with their steady hands.

By Apr.10^th, the Quanzhou campus has launched 17 rounds of all-inclusive NAT, all having tested negative for coronavirus.

HQU Rolling out 1^stRound of Campus-wide NAT

Maintain Health and Wellness

Despite the difficulties encountered during the COVID-19 epidemic, HQU faculty and staff are working their best to protect the safety and well-being of campus community.

Since Mar.16^th, nearly all the Quanzhou campus catering staff have been standing ready to accommodate teachers and students’ needs, providing full service and logistical support.

With professional dedication, the medical staff of HQU hospital spared neither day nor night to work, distributing emergency supplies, checking health code and identity information, taking samples for NAT, and handling medical waste.

HQU Academic Affairs Office set up a Covid-19 response team to make contingency plans for online and offline teaching, ensure quality and rigor in online classes, coordinate support services for online students and organize examinations, competitions and trainings of all kinds.

HQU Teachers and Students in Online Classes

To help students to navigate through this exam season, a total of 120 rooms including dormitories, study rooms and classrooms of both campuses are provided for students preparing for their re-examination or interviews of postgraduate entrance examination, with quiet learning environments and digital equipment.

Many efforts made by the HQU Center of Mental Health Education are underway to reduce the mental health consequences of this pandemic, with more than 20 online counseling and psychological services, 24-hour psychological assistance hotlines, community social interactions and separate counseling rooms set in dormitory buildings.

Online Counseling and Psychological Services

204 employees of Fujian Harmony Property Management Company were working in every round of the all-inclusive NAT, cleaning, disinfecting testing site, and handling medical waste. Besides, they were responsible for practicing the routine cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of the 50,000 SQMs of public surfaces in Quanzhou Campus.

Bearing in mind the greater good, all the faculty and staff contributed significantly to the COVID-19 response.

Pulling together to tide over this difficult time

HQU CPC members, all the domestic and international students, United Front members, the Board of Directors, and alumni are in combating the novel coronavirus to win the battle of epidemic prevention and control.

In addition to practicing personal protective protocols, taking COVID-19 tests, studying hard online, and daily attendance of health report, HQU students are taking their active steps to contribute to COVID-19 response, assisting school work in NAT site, school canteens, post office, students community, supermarket, medical supplies delivery, epidemic-prevention education programs, and community service. One notable example of them is the “HQU youth volunteer team”.

Student Volunteer Distributing Anti-epidemic Materials

Ma Sen, a HQU International Student Volunteer

Weather the Storm Togetherby Zeng Yanting, a HQU Student from Hong Kong

At the same time, the HQU Board of Directors and alumni at home and abroad immediately offered assistance. For instance, Hu Ruilian, a famous Malaysian Chinese entrepreneur and HQU board member, donated millions of yuan to the university. 1995 alumnus, Wang Xiude, HQU board member and head of Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce in Japan, has supplied to the school 150,000 medical masks. Anti-epidemic materials and daily necessities came in from HQU alumni Wu Linlin, Chen Fangyi, Yang Gang, Lin Zhiwen, and Zhang Dongsheng, HQU Alumni Association of CEO Training Program, Quanzhou Alumni Association, Fujian Hengan Group, Panpan Foods, Dali Food Group, and Reecen Food Group, providing urgently needed medical supplies to the school.

Donations from HQU Board Members, Alumni, and Companies at Home and Abroad

All the HQUers did their utmost to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, because “we love our campus, a place like home. It is the duty of every family member to protect the health and safety of our community”. Words of Chen Wenze and Zhu Xunxian, medical staff from HQU hospital are thoughts shared by everyone in this community.

(Editor: Cai Juntao)