Changsha Evening News, Changsha, February 6 (Quan** reporter Yang Weiran, correspondent He Sui, Chen Annie) "Comrade Long Tieniu, representative of the Chinese foreign aid medical team: New Yuan Zhaoqi, Huazhang Rixin. On the occasion of the 2024 Spring Festival, I would like to extend my sincere condolences and best wishes ......I wish you a happy Chinese New Year, good health, smooth work, and a happy family! On the morning of February 6, Zeng Jianjian, deputy director of the Propaganda Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, came to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine) to express his condolences to Professor Long Tieniu, the representative of the Chinese foreign aid medical team and the "model of the times", conveyed the cordial care and best wishes of the Central Propaganda Department, and solemnly sent a letter of condolence from the Central Propaganda Department. Zhao Chengxin, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Civilization Office, and relevant persons in charge of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission expressed their condolences to Professor Long Tieniu.
Zeng Jianli said that the "Model of the Times" is a major national advanced model organized and publicized by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, and is an advanced figure with a strong advanced nature, representativeness, epochality, and typicality, and its selection process fully embodies the characteristics of high standards, strict requirements, and strict procedural norms. In recent years, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the selection, publicity, courtesy and care of the "Model of the Times". In October 2023, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the dispatch of China's foreign-aid medical team, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee publicized and released the advanced deeds of the representatives of the Chinese foreign-aid medical team, including Professor Long Tieniu, to the whole society, and awarded them the title of "Model of the Times", which has aroused enthusiastic responses both internationally and at home. The Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee expressed its sincere respect for his contributions to the country and society, and will continue to strengthen the publicity of the advanced deeds of the representatives of China's foreign-aid medical teams in the next step, and call on the whole society to take the "model of the times" as an example, so that the spirit of "model of the times" will continue to play a leading and inspiring role.
Wang Guozuo, President of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, sincerely thanked the leaders of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Health Commission for making a special trip to the hospital to express their condolences to Professor Long Tieniu, the "Model of the Times". Wang Guozuo said that this condolences is a great encouragement and support to Professor Long Tieniu and the hospital, the hospital must actively implement the instructions of the superiors, widely and deeply publicize the advanced deeds of Professor Long Tieniu in the whole hospital, and call on all cadres and workers to learn from Professor Long Tieniu, work together, bravely undertake the mission, serve the society, and contribute to the construction of a healthy China.
Professor Long Tieniu affectionately thanked the condolence group for braving the cold in the ice and snow to come to visit. He said that in the most difficult period of the recipient country, as a member of the Chinese foreign aid medical team, he was able to give full play to his expertise in traditional Chinese medicine and heal the suffering of the people of the recipient country, and was highly praised and affirmed by the local people and the people, and felt very honored and proud. As a "warrior" in China's medical front, it is the duty of national citizens and Communist Party members to go to Africa to carry out medical work. He will cherish the honor, make persistent efforts, continue to play light and heat based on his own position, and hope that his experience and honor will better inspire the younger generations to continue to struggle and move forward bravely.