In the face of the severe COVID-19 epidemic, the school prioritized the life, safety and health of our faculty and students. The Business School quickly set up a COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control department. Using both WeChat group and QQ online meetings, the faculty studied and implemented measures suggested by the central government to combat the epidemic. A special person was assigned to make daily statistics of the whereabouts and physical health conditions of faculty members. Faculty members were advised to use the health punching system to ensure the accuracy of the information screening. Student counselors of all grades were required to contact students one by one to learn about their health situations, remind them to take prevention measures, and to convey news of the school’s delayed opening. The main buildings of the School were disinfected every day and use of the building was suspended for until May to ensure campus safety. Student health care initiatives were implemented to minimize the impact of the epidemic.
Academian Chen Xiaohong, the CPPCC national committee member and honorary President of the Business School of Central South University, together with experts and scholars of Central South University and Hunan University of Commerce, wrote two policy recommendation reports, which are Accelerate the Improvement of Emergency Management System Innovation and Governance Capacity in Face of Epidemic Prevention and Control, Multiple Measures to Ensure the Stable and Healthy Operation of China’s Economy in Epidemic, to the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, provincial leaders, and relevant departments and received full acclaim. At this critical moment in the fight against the pandemic, academian Chen Xiaohong donated a batch of medical supplies purchased from her charity fund to Xiangya Hospital of Central South University to help frontline medical workers in the fight against the pandemic.
The alumni of the CSU Business School and their enterprises also responded immediately to raise funds and donate money. They provided support and expressed their thoughts for the safety of the people in the affected areas. About RMB 38.4842 million of medical materials and funds were donated. The students of the Business School have also shown their braveness during the fight against the pandemic. Some of them had volunteered to serve their local community in different ways, such as helping with temperature recording, epidemic prevention and control measures publicity and so on.
