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BEIJING, June 8-- Many overseas observers have agreed that the white paper "Fighting COVID-19: China in Action", released on Sunday by China's State Council Information Office, is of global scientific value for countries to learn from China's experience in fighting the epidemic. The Chinese government released the white paper to keep a record of the country's own efforts to fight the virus, to share its experience with the rest of the world, and to clarify its ideas on the global battle, according to the white paper. Lee Hee-ok, director of the Sungkyun Institute of China Studies at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, said that after the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government's effective governance and strong anti-epidemic measures enabled China to contain the novel coronavirus rapidly. Noting that China adopted an assistance method of pairing 16 cities in Hubei Province that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 with a Chinese province or municipality, Lee said such an approach has established a robust mutual aid network for epidemic prevention and control. Besides, the timely opening of makeshift hospitals has made it possible to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms quickly and on a large scale, which has played an important role in blocking the early spread of infectious diseases, Lee added. From Jan. 24 to March 8, China rallied 346 national medical teams, consisting of 42,600 medical workers and more than 900 public health professionals to the immediate aid of Hubei and the city of Wuhan, said the white paper. | 
