Thestrength is tested in a crisis.
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’ssecond largest automobile manufacturer - Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) hasunited together to cope with the crisis.
Focusing on its corporate social responsibility, the50-year old DFM has mobilized considerable manpower and donated a large amountof materials against the pandemic. DFM has unremittingly been serving personneland material transportation, urban travel, logistics support and other fieldsall around the country.
In the extraordinary difficult period, all ourDongfeng staff have been working in various ways with full enthusiasm tominimize the impact of the pandemic and to ensure the smooth progress of thebusiness; our distributors and partners all over the world have expressed theirconcerns and conveyed their confidence in us; our international businessdepartment, together with overseas business units, has closely followed thedevelopment and changes of the pandemic, and discussed with overseas partnershow to deal with the challenges and difficulties from the pandemic and how towin the battle against the pandemic, thereby ensuring the smooth progress ofvarious businesses.
On February 3, 2020, Li Junzhi, general manager of theinternational business department of DFM and DFMIEC presided over a videoconference on Dongfeng’s overseas business to report the development andchanges of the pandemic and market feedback, analyze the impact of the pandemicon the business and formulate response plans and measures.
"Currently, we must do prevention and control of thepandemic well. Moreover, we must work hard to overcome and respond to thechallenges and obstacles that the pandemic has brought to production,logistics, orders, personnel visits, etc., thereby minimizing the impact of thepandemic on business". Li Junzhi stressed that all business units ofDongfeng shall maintain close communication with partners and customers, and trytheir best to ensure the smooth progress of various businesses.
By using the video conferences, various regional branchesconveyed the deployment arrangements of Dongfeng International BusinessDepartment/DFMIEC during the pandemic period, and formulated detailed plans andspecific measures based on the characteristics of markets. Our businesspersonnel have carefully explained and communicated with overseas partners,timely followed up with the latest policy changes in various countries andformulated countermeasures. Moreover, they have timely communicated withDongfeng’s production units, freight forwarders and customers to negotiate onthe transportation of vehicles, thereby ensuring that the delivery of ordersand the placement of new orders are completed on schedule.
In order to further improve the prevention and control ofthe pandemic, ensure the health and safety of employees and the normal andorderly development of operations, Dongfeng’s overseas business team adjustedthe originally scheduled business trips and visits to video/telephoneconferences. Since February 4, 2020, DFMIEC began to implement remote mobileoffice.
"Online office changes our way of work rather than ourenthusiasm for work; online office changes our way of life rather than ourenthusiasm for life.” All our Dongfeng people will make their own contributionswith concerted efforts for a bright future.
During the pandemic, Dongfeng has been standing togetherwith its partners, hand in hand, heart to heart. The pandemic touched ourpartners’ hearts. They have consistently expressed their concerns on Dongfeng,Wuhan and China via telephone, email, WeChat and other communication forms, aswell as their firm confidence in future cooperation.
As an overseas branch of DFMIEC, Dongfeng Motor RussiaCo., Ltd. has strengthened its ties with the headquarters to ensure thatoverseas pandemic prevention and control work is fully implemented. Moreover,the company has actively responded to the initiative of “supporting thehometown” issued by the Embassy of China in Russia, the Russian-Chinese Chamberof Commerce and its Hubei branch, donating 38,000 rubles in cash and thematerials worth 166,000 rubles.
The Russian employees of Dongfeng Motor Russia Co., Ltd.,who are very concerned about the changes in the COVID-19 pandemic in China, have repeatedly sent theirgreetings to Chinese colleagues and family members.
Alla Anatolyevna, the chief Russian accountant ofDongfeng Motor Russia Co., Ltd. said, “Everyone is very concerned aboutcolleagues in Hubei China and the Chinese people, and will continue payingattention to the changes in the pandemic. We firmly believe that the measurestaken by China will effectively control and defeat the pandemic."
The care and support againstthe pandemic from foreign partners and customers embody the spirit of boundlesslove and mutual assistance of the human community.
The general manager of Myanmar Tianli Group AdimanAutomobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. wrote in a letter of condolence to thecolleagues of Dongfeng Group: "We are in a big loving family. Our familyis together with you. Our love is together with you! We, together with peoplein Wuhan and Hubei Province, will fight against the pandemic, until we win thebattle against the pandemic!"
IMPORT EXPORT PAK PACIFIC MOTOR S.R.L, a distributor insouthern Peru, expressed its concerns on the pandemic and its impact, and senta letter of condolence, wishing that all colleagues are healthy and safe andthe pandemic is brought under control as soon as possible.
"I wish you good health. Please be sure to protectyourselves!" "I hope you will all be safe. Stay strong, Wuhan! Staystrong, Dongfeng!"... The Iranian government urgently assisted China with1 million medical masks despite of extremely tight domestic supplies. Variousdepartments of IKCO, an Iranian partner of Dongfeng, also sent their greetingsand care.
Mexico’s intended partner is very concerned about the pandemicsituation in China and invited Dongfeng’s overseas business team to visitMexico for face-to-face exchanges in the letter of condolence so as to facilitatecooperation as soon as possible.
All staff of Dongfeng Xiaokang Automobile's Indonesianbase prayed for Wuhan, China from afar, and wish Wuhan people all the best,which embodies the spirit of boundless love and China-India friendship.
As the saying goes, “when the people are determined, theycan overcome anything.” "Weare together with Dongfeng!" Over the past few days, Dongfeng’s overseasbusiness partners and customers have expressed their confidence in futurecooperation, and their confidence in winning the battle against the pandemic.
As long as we join hands, there is noinsurmountable difficulty. This spring seems to be different from previous ones,but there is no winter that will not pass, and there is no spring that will notcome. For Dongfeng’s overseas business team, the prevention and control work ofthe pandemic is being advanced in full swing continuously, and the automobileexport business is also being carried out in an orderly manner.
