The Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control

At its meeting on January 25, 2020, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided to form a Leading Group of the CPC Central Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control ("Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control" for short).

The Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control is the decision-making and command body set up by the CPC Central Committee in response to the urgent need for epidemic combat across the country. It works under the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and exercises unified leadership and command over epidemic prevention and control. Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and premier of the State Council, heads the group, and Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, serves as deputy head.

On January 26, Li Keqiang presided over the first meeting of the Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The meeting concluded that as epidemic prevention and control is currently in a critical stage, Party committees and governments at all levels must unify their thinking and actions by following the guiding principles of General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions and the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau. They must put epidemic prevention and control at the top of their current agenda, and take more decisive, more powerful and orderly, more scientific and thorough measures to effectively curb the spread of the virus. 

To further tighten epidemic prevention and control in Hubei province and Wuhan city, the meeting decided to dispatch a Central Guiding Team there to promote the frontline work. It also decided to allocate resources nationwide to first meet the urgent need for medical workers and medical supplies in Hubei and Wuhan and to ensure the supply of daily necessities for the citizens there as the whole country is battling the virus.

On February 22, the Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control issued a document on protection and care for medical workers, putting forward 10 measures in detail. By February 24, the Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control had held 11 meetings to study and deploy epidemic prevention and control work.

成立中央應對疫情工作領導小組

2020年1月25日，中共中央政治局常委會召開專題會議，決定成立中央應對新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情工作領導小組（以下簡稱中央應對疫情工作領導小組）。

中央應對疫情工作領導小組是中共中央根據全國防控新冠肺炎疫情的緊迫需要成立的決策指揮機構，在中共中央政治局常委會領導下開展工作，旨在加強對全國疫情防控的統一領導、統一指揮。中共中央政治局常委、國務院總理李克強任領導小組組長，中共中央政治局常委王滬寧任副組長。

1月26日，李克強主持召開中央應對疫情工作領導小組首次會議。會議指出，當前正處于疫情防控關鍵期，各級黨委政府要把思想和行動統一到習近平總書記重要講話和中共中央政治局常委會會議精神上來，把疫情防控作為當前最重要的工作來抓，采取更果斷、更有力有序、更科學周密的舉措，有效遏制疫情蔓延。會議強調，要進一步加強湖北省和武漢市疫情防控，中央向湖北派出指導組，推動加強防控一線工作，同時調配全國資源，優先保障湖北省和武漢市急需的醫護力量和醫療物資，確保生活必需品供應。

2月22日，中央應對疫情工作領導小組印發《關于全面落實進一步保護關心愛護醫務人員若干措施的通知》，就進一步保護關心愛護醫務人員提出十方面舉措。截至2月24日，中央應對疫情工作領導小組先后召開11次會議研究部署疫情防控工作。