2013年8月16日中國援外醫(yī)療隊(duì)派遣50周年，習(xí)近平總書記向曾經(jīng)參加和正在國外執(zhí)行任務(wù)的援外醫(yī)療隊(duì)全體同志致以誠摯的慰問，“大家遠(yuǎn)離祖國和親人，克服了種種困難，以實(shí)際行動(dòng)鑄就‘不畏艱苦、甘于奉獻(xiàn)、救死扶傷、大愛無疆’的中國醫(yī)療隊(duì)精神，展示了中國人民熱愛和平、珍視生命的良好形象。”
On August 16, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the dispatch of China's international medical aid team, General Secretary Xi Jinping extended his sincere condolences to all comrades of international medical aid team who had participated in and were performing missions abroad. He said "leaving motherland and families and overcoming all kinds of difficulties, you have formed the spirit of Chinese medical team featuring no fear of hardships, willingness to dedicate, saving lives and great love with practical actions,presenting a positive image of the Chinese people who love peace and value lives".
有這么一支醫(yī)療隊(duì)，甘忍遠(yuǎn)離親人之苦、甘冒殞命之險(xiǎn)，跨海越洋，在1963年至今的57年中，從第一批的24位累計(jì)到今天的2.6萬人次，先后遠(yuǎn)赴亞、非、拉、歐和大洋洲的71個(gè)國家，不畏艱苦、甘于奉獻(xiàn)，其中約2000人次獲得受援國政府頒發(fā)的總統(tǒng)勛章等各種國家級榮譽(yù)，這就是獲得世界廣泛贊譽(yù)的中國援外醫(yī)療隊(duì)。這項(xiàng)事業(yè)堅(jiān)持了57年，留下了一支“不走的醫(yī)療隊(duì)”。
There is such a medical team, the members of which volunteer to leave families and risk their lives to cross oceans. In 57 years since 1963, this medical team, with 24 members in the first batch to 26,000 person-times today, went to 71 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Oceania. They are not afraid of hardships and willing to dedicate. About 2,000 of them won variousstate-level honors such as the Presidential Medal issued by the recipient countries. This is the Chinese foreign medical aid team which has won worldwide praise. This causehas been lasting for 57 years, creating a "never leaving medical team".
授人以魚不如授人以漁。中國援外醫(yī)療隊(duì)帶給受援國的不是一年又一年的外部援助，而是幫助他們實(shí)現(xiàn)一代又一代的醫(yī)療技術(shù)自立，以精湛的醫(yī)術(shù)和高尚的醫(yī)德，全心全意為受援國人民服務(wù)，促進(jìn)受援國醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生事業(yè)發(fā)展和人民健康水平提高。
It's better to teach a man fishing than to give him fish. It is not the external assistance that the Chinese medical aid teams bring to recipient countriesyear after year, but to help them achieve medical technology independence from generation to generation. With superb medical skills and noble medical ethics, the team members wholeheartedly serve the people of the recipient countries, and promote the development of medical and health services and the improvement of people's health in the recipient countries.
醫(yī)療對外援助，是我國和發(fā)展中國家之間開展時(shí)間最長、涉及國家最多、成效最為顯著的合作項(xiàng)目。中國援外醫(yī)療隊(duì)甘于奉獻(xiàn)，增進(jìn)了我國與廣大發(fā)展中國家民心相通、民意相融，在構(gòu)建人類命運(yùn)共同體的過程中，傳承著“大愛無疆”的人文情懷。
Foreignmedical aid is the longest-running cooperation project between China and developing countries that involves the most countries and achieve most notable results. The dedicated members of Chinese international medical aid teams have boosted people-to-people amity between China and developing countries and inherited the humanistic feelings of great lovein the process of building a community with a shared future for mankind.