Fudan University Education Development Foundation and the Bank of China (BOC) recently donated 51,000 medical masks and 300 protective suits to Hungary, along with another 5,000 masks from the university's School of Economics. 

The medical supplies were delivered in early April and will be distributed to the frontline medical workers combating COVID-19 in the country.  

As the coronavirus infection rates continue to rise in Europe, Hungary has declared a nationwide state of emergency, and is facing an unprecedented challenge.  

Fudan University, which set up its first overseas degree program in Budapest, has a deep cooperative friendship with Hungary.

The university has expressed its support and condolences to Hungary since the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, and said it would stand with its Hungarian friends during this difficult period. 

(Cover image: Ivan Kovacsics, the counselor of the Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Fudan University alumni Levente Horvath and officials of the Bank of China's Hungarian Branch at the welcome ceremony for the Chinese donations at the Budapest airport. /Photo courtesy of Fudan University)