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Fighting against the epidemic and overcoming difficulties together | Oulide in action

2020-03-12

United as one, united as one

On the afternoon of February 14th at 3:19 pm, an Airbus cargo plane loaded with donated medical supplies for the "war epidemic" from overseas Chinese of European origin landed smoothly at Wenzhou Longwan International Airport after more than ten hours of flight. This plane, which took off from Brussels, Belgium, carried over 2.17 million medical and epidemic prevention materials such as masks, protective clothing, and thermometers, with a total volume of nearly 400 cubic meters. Among them, there are 1.27 million masks, 50000 protective clothing, and 30000 gloves. Oulide Group is one of the organizers of this "charter flight".


Recently, after the national outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province has become the city with the most serious epidemic outside Hubei Province. At present, medical supplies in China are constantly in short supply, and overseas Chinese from Wenzhou are concerned about their hometowns and actively raising epidemic prevention materials. At the same time, the Florence headquarters of Euryde Group has independently become the docking window for overseas transportation, quickly providing statistical, classification, overseas transportation and other volunteer services for the rescue supplies raised overseas



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Heart for the motherland, affection for hometown



The continuous spread and spread of the epidemic deeply affect the hearts of all sectors of society. Mr. Su Wenyi, President of Oulide Group, and Ms. Zhou Xiaoping, although based in Italy, always pay attention to the news of epidemic prevention and control. When they learned that Wenzhou was in a critical situation and hospital supplies were scarce, and medical staff were working day and night online, the two of them initiated advocacy and joined forces with Italian overseas Chinese to donate medical masks, protective clothing and other medical supplies, hoping to contribute their own strength to epidemic prevention and control.

Mr. Fang Dehui, Vice President of Oulide Group, 2nd from the right


Three loading air freight to Zhejiang


Euryde's Florence headquarters ceased all commercial activities as early as January 22 and utilized its procurement resource advantages to search for medical supplies such as masks. Millions of medical masks were collected with zero profit by Euryde Group and voluntarily palletized and labeled.
On January 30th, direct flights between China and Italy were grounded,17 Italian overseas Chinese groups encountered difficulties while preparing for customs clearance procedures. Due to the suspension of the aircraft, we can only save the country through a curve. Mr. Fang Dehui, Vice President of Oulide Group, immediately contacted Xie Dong, Director of the Ouhai District Bureau of Commerce, in Wenzhou and asked for his help.
Director Xie immediately acted as a liaison and urgently coordinated resources from various parties, including customs, aviation, and provided guidance on how to go through the donation procedures, providing great help. On January 31st, the headquarters of Euclid in Florence mobilized company vehicles and transported these goods for nearly 20 hours to a warehouse near Liege Airport in Belgium, 1200 kilometers away. On February 7th, this batch of 700000 masks flew from Belgium to Hangzhou. This is the secondary cooperative transportation after the COVID-19 epidemic, and the process is tense, compact and difficult。

The picture was taken at the headquarters of Euryde Group in Florence


“ After the donation of materials, many overseas Chinese groups took the initiative to contact us, hoping that we could help transport the materials to China together. So we helped again Su Wenyi, President of OuLide Group, said. So the second transport was non-stop on February 11th, flying from Belgium to Hangzhou, loaded with 35 pallets of medical supplies, of which 10 were sent to their hometown Wenzhou。



Mr. Su Wenyi, President of Oulide Group, 5th from the left


third timeVoluntary fundraising for transportation is a hot topic on social media“Super hardcore Wenzhou”,Led and coordinated by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Wenzhou Municipal Government, the United Front Work Department of Wenzhou City, and the Municipal Health Commission, with strong support from the Wenzhou Returned Overseas Chinese Federation and overseas Chinese associations in Milan, Prato, Rome, and other cities in Italy, many domestic associations and chambers of commerce actively participated in the global cargo relay and expressed their willingness to bear the cost of charter flights。

Once again, everyone worked together to gather supplies, with the majority of the overall planning and voluntary transportation work undertaken by the Oulide Group. Over 275 cubic meters and more than 1.3 million medical supplies were packaged and transported by charter to Belgian airports. On the 14th, the supplies were successfully transported to Wenzhou. This batch of materials was donated by more than 90 overseas Chinese groups, enterprises, and individuals, mainly overseas Chinese groups, as well as domestic enterprises such as Huafeng Group. The temporary opening of Eurasian intercontinental routes for the transportation of goods to fight COVID-19 is still a national priority. Across thousands of miles, love is connected.



The headquarters of Euclid Group is located in Florence, with nearly 3400 square meters of warehouse space and pallets to support the coordination of donated materials.

Euryde Group Florence Headquarters


It is this group of lovely Euripides who give up their weekends and evenings off to urgently package, label, classify, input into the system, and create customs clearance documents for the goods transported from various parts of Italy. They then charter a car to transport the goods to the airport at the designated time. Ms. Zhou Xiaoping, Vice President of Oulide Group, felt sorry for her subordinates who had caught a cold and personally went on a forklift to transport goods.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoping, Vice President of OuLide Group


The hardworking and busy people of Euryde




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At the ends of the earth, there is love in the human world


At present, during the epidemic, the Florence headquarters of Euryde Group not only donated about 60000 medical masks, but also undertook multiple tasks such as coordinating and transporting donated materials from Italy to Belgium. Due to various traffic controls, Vice President Ms. Zhou Xiaoping has had multiple communications with the Consulate General of Italy, the Consulate General of Belgium, and others. Vice President Mr. Fang Dehui has been coordinating with relevant departments in Wenzhou, hoping that both sides can open a green channel and make efforts to ensure the smooth arrival of these two material shipments.


The beginning of spring has passed, and the days of spring warmth and blooming flowers are definitely right in front of us! Overseas Chinese are deeply concerned about their motherland and hometown, and have formed a strong joint force to fight against the epidemic through donating protective materials. Although the epidemic is still spreading, the relay of love has been continuing. We believe that through the hard work of medical staff and the joint efforts of all sectors of society, we can definitely win this arduous battle against the epidemic.

Oulide is in action, we are with our motherland!
Wenzhou, come on! Wuhan, come on! Go China!


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