'JY Donghaeng' Shines Domestically and Internationally... Full Effort to Overcome and Support COVID-19

Provision of Beds and Medical Staff at Residential Treatment Centers
Donation of Relief Supplies and Funds to the United States and China

Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Samsung Group is making every effort to support activities to overcome the resurgence of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) both domestically and internationally. In Korea, it is supporting training centers and medical staff to resolve the shortage of hospital beds, and overseas, it is actively providing relief supplies and volunteering. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's 'Together' management philosophy is expanding beyond Korea to the international community as a whole.

According to Samsung on the 27th, starting from the 31st, the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus located in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, will operate as a COVID-19 residential treatment center. Earlier, in March, during the spread of COVID-19 in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Samsung had provided training centers in Yeongdeok and Jeonju. The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus residential treatment center, established to resolve the shortage of hospital beds in the metropolitan area, has a total of 180 rooms and will be used for the treatment, monitoring, and daily support of mild patients in the metropolitan area.

Samsung plans to dispatch a team of specialized medical staff consisting of one doctor and two nurses from Samsung Medical Center hospitals such as Samsung Medical Center Seoul Hospital, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, and Samsung Changwon Hospital to the Global Campus, supporting continuously in a rotating work system. Additionally, Samsung will open the Samsung C&T International Business Institute in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, with 110 rooms as a residential treatment center next week to be used for patients in the metropolitan area.

Earlier, Samsung's 14 affiliates donated relief funds and supplies worth 30 billion KRW to the National Disaster Relief Association in the first half of this year to overcome COVID-19. To revitalize the domestic economy, Samsung purchased and distributed Onnuri gift certificates worth 30 billion KRW and provided a total of 2.6 trillion KRW in emergency funds to partner companies.

Samsung is also actively engaged in overseas COVID-19 relief activities. After the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, Samsung donated more than 4 million USD (approximately 4.75 billion KRW) to local communities in New Jersey, California, Texas, and other areas. In October, Samsung Electronics' U.S. employees will participate in local volunteer activities. In January, Samsung donated relief supplies worth 30 million yuan (approximately 5.13 billion KRW), including medical masks and protective suits, to China, and in June, transferred smart factory technology to a local mask manufacturing company in Poland.

Industry insiders view Samsung's active support in this national crisis as a proactive response based on Vice Chairman Lee's 'Together' management philosophy. Vice Chairman Lee previously stated, "Samsung, which has grown with the support of the people, should rightfully share and be together with our society," expressing his full support for these efforts.

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