Chinese President Xi Jinping met with World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom in the Great Hall of the People on January 28.

Xi said that the Chinese people are currently engaged in a serious fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak. People's lives and physical health are always the first priority, and prevention and control of the virus is the most important task at present. Xi said: "I have personally been directing the effort and deploying resources, I believe that as long as we strengthen our confidence, help each other, control and prevent the virus appropriately, and implement policies precisely, we will definitely overcome this disease."

The WHO chief said that China has released information transparently, identified pathogens in record time, and proactively shared relevant viral gene sequences with the World Health Organization and other countries. He added the world has admired how the Chinese government has demonstrated firm political determination and adopted timely and powerful policies in the face of the coronavirus. "I believe that the measures taken by China will effectively control and eventually overcome the disease."