Yu Zeyuan: Can the new crown virus epidemic give birth to good politics?

The expanding new crown virus epidemic not only exposed the disadvantages of the Chinese disease prevention system, but also caused the emergency response and management capabilities of Wuhan, Hubei Province and other places to be fully reviewed by the public.It should be said that many local governments such as Wuhan are far from the public's demands.

In the past few days, Gao Fu, director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was questioned to conceal the epidemic because of the thesis incident.Donate yourself.The China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Wuhan Red Cross became the target of public criticism.

Regarding the accusations of the outside world, the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded that this paper was jointly completed by professionals from more than a dozen units such as the China CDC and the University of Hong Kong.Confrative cases (including 15 medical staff), all cases have been announced to the society before writing the paper; the paper proposes the view of interpersonal communication in December 2019, which is based on the 425 cases of epidemiological survey information.A retrospective inference.

In other words, the data of this paper is actually analyzed from these cases that the epidemic spread was analyzed after the emergence of a large number of confirmed cases, rather than the truth of the epidemic spread before the epidemic deterioration.At the same time, the paper published in British magazines helps professionals at home and abroad in China to understand the characteristics of the new crown virus in a timely manner, and correctly evaluate and judge the epidemic.

Nevertheless, as a authoritative department for preventing and controlling the epidemic, the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a major misjudgment of the seriousness of the Wuhan epidemic spread, including several experts including Gao Fu in front of Wuhan to prevent the epidemic.Misproducting.These misjudgment not only caused the general public to paralyze the epidemic, but also let the government departments lose their hearts, and did not take decisive measures to prevent the epidemic from spreading in time.

So it is not to blame experts such as Gao Fu and other Chinese disease prevention.Gao Fu served as the Deputy Director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011, the director of 2017, and a foreign academician of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences. He published more than 500 papers in international publications.Leading people have great responsibilities.This time he and some other illness and control experts' judgment on the Wuhan epidemic mistakenly made the epidemic developed to an unpredictable point.

As for the bad performance of Hubei Province and Wuhan Red Cross, it is actually a common problem for many administrative departments or institutions in China.Most of these departments are floating in things, raising their respects, and strong formalism and bureaucracy.They usually do official articles. They must be busy when they encounter major unexpected events.Expect the departments above these officials to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, just one word: difficulty!

However, neither the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Hubei Provincial Red Cross is not a decision -making department that adopts specific epidemic prevention measures. They cannot and should not carry the Wuhan epidemic spread alone.As a front -line decision maker, the relevant person in charge of Wuhan and Hubei Province clearly have a greater responsibility for the outbreak of the epidemic.

Although the Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention and China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was wrong with the epidemic. After all, a new type of coronary virus was found in late December last year. The relevant experts from the University of Hong Kong also made the judgment of the new coronary virus in early January this year.Preventive measures were also taken soon.

However, as a party, Wuhan and Hubei Province officially had no alertness and continued to convene a meeting of municipal and provincial people's congresses and CPPCC meetings.The opportunity to control the epidemic as soon as possible will eventually cause a big disaster.

To be honest, after the lessons of the SARS epidemic in 2003, the local governments may not have the motivation to intentionally conceal or even let the epidemic spread because this will eventually be discovered and held accountable.Wuhan and Hubei Province missed the best time to control the epidemic. It may be more than luck, and do not want the epidemic to affect the political affairs of the two sessions.This exactly illustrates the seriousness of formalism and bureaucracy, and the disaster it brings far exceeds people's expectations.

The Wuhan epidemic spread at least the following problems: the decision -making system is too concentrated, resulting in the decision -making department and professional institutions that only have the final say. If a few people make mistakes, they lack the necessary error correction function;Doctors who released the epidemic news on the Internet were suppressed and even criticized by public security organs; non -governmental autonomy and community organizations were weak, facing sudden disasters, and it was difficult to effectively organize social forces to participate in rescue. Officials have insufficient credibility and low efficiency.

This epidemic was a major test for Chinese politics and society.In order to block the spread of the epidemic, China's politics and society once again demonstrated super mobilization capabilities.However, the epidemic is also a mirror, and the various defects that are ejected must also be repaired and corrected.Otherwise, to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, it can only stay on paper.