今天是中国同欧盟建交45周年纪念日。中国和欧盟作为世界两大力量、两大市场、两大文明，在维护世界多极化、支持多边主义、捍卫自由贸易等方面发挥着不可替代的重要作用。中国和欧盟建交45年来，双边关系取得长足发展。中欧双方本着相互尊重、和谐共处的原则不断深化伙伴关系，政治互信不断增强，务实合作成效显著，人文交流有声有色，为双方人民都带来了实实在在的好处，也为世界的和平与繁荣作出了积极贡献。这次新冠肺炎疫情发生以来，中欧对彼此抗击疫情的努力给予了坚定支持，双方积极携手推动抗疫国际合作。

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the European Union. As the two major forces, markets and civilizations in the world, China and the EU have played irreplaceable roles in upholding world multipolarization, multilateralism and free trade. Since we established diplomatic ties 45 years ago, our bilateral relations have made substantial progress. China and the EU have been deepening partnership with the principle of mutual respect and harmonious co-existence, as evidenced by stronger mutual political trust, fruitful practical cooperation and rich cultural and people-to-people exchange, which has brought tangible benefits to the two peoples and contributed to world peace and prosperity. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China and the EU have lent firm support to each other and jointly advanced global anti-epidemic cooperation.

中央广播电视总台央视记者据报道，世卫组织总干事谭德塞4月24日宣布与全球合作伙伴共同启动国际合作倡议，以加速新冠肺炎相关疫苗、诊断和治疗工具的研发、生产和公平分配，并希望中国加入该倡议。中方对该倡议持何立场？

CCTV On April 24, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the launch of an international cooperation initiative to accelerate the development and production of vaccines, tests and drugs against COVID-19 and ensure their equitable distribution. He also expressed hope for China's participation in this initiative. What's China's position?

病毒无国界，各国人民都有权利平等获得疫苗和药物。疫情发生以后，中国第一时间同世界各国共享新冠病毒基因组信息、搭建数据和科研成果共享平台、积极开展药物及疫苗研发国际合作，为各国的疫苗和药物研发作出了重要贡献。

Viruses respect no borders. People of all countries are entitled to equitable access to drugs and vaccines. After the epidemic broke out, China shared the genetic information of the novel coronavirus  at the earliest time possible , built up a platform to share data and research findings, and conducted international cooperation in the development of drugs and vaccines, making important contributions to relevant work in all countries.

新华社记者为支持和响应世卫组织倡议，推动新冠肺炎诊断治疗和疫苗研发生产，欧盟与有关国家5月4日共同发起应对新冠肺炎疫情国际认捐大会，42个国家领导人和政府高级代表以及联合国秘书长、世卫组织总干事等出席会议。你能否介绍中方出席会议情况？

Xinhua News Agency To support the WHO ' s initiative to advance the diagnosis and treatment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia and the development and production of vaccine, the EU and other countries held the Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference on May 4 which was attended by 42 state leaders and high-level representatives of governments, the UN Secretary-General and the WHO Director-General. Could you share with us more details about China ' s attendance?

中方一直并将继续尽己所能为有需要的国家提供帮助。中方设立了20亿元人民币抗疫合作专项资金，向150多个国家和国际组织提供抗疫物资，毫无保留地同国际社会分享防控经验和诊疗方案，开设向所有国家开放的疫情防控网上知识中心，同160多个国家和国际组织召开120余场视频交流会议，向19个国家派出21支医疗专家组。中方还积极支持各国在华开展物资商业采购。

China has been doing and will continue to do its utmost to help countries in need. China has set up RMB 2 billion special funds to provide anti-epidemic supplies to more than 150 countries and international organizations, shared experience on prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment with the rest of the international community, established online knowledge center on epidemic prevention and control that is open to all countries, held over 120 video conferences with more than 160 countries and international organizations, and sent 21 teams of medical experts to 19 countries. China also actively supports other countries in carrying out commercial procurement of materials in China.