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Accountability: Chinese Professor Challenged the CCP with Ten Questions

As the novel coronavirus pandemic has continued spreading around the world, not only have the politicians and scholars around the world started holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for causing the worldwide disaster, but Chinese have also started challenging the CCP.

The BBC commented that it was the CCP’s bureaucratic system that made China suffer as much as it did. Officials in China are only responsible to higher-ups but not to the people. Many people in China thought that it was the “inaction” of the officials that resulted in the missed time in responding to the virus.

Radio France International and the Epoch Times reported that on March 13, Hu Xuemei, a law professor at Shanghai East China Normal University submitted ten requests on the National Health Commission’s website asking for information to be released to the public. There were reports that in early and mid-January, healthcare practitioners and researchers had reported to the government about the SARS-linked virus and its ability to transmit from person to person. This included reports to the National Health Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the government didn’t take any serious action against the epidemic until January 20.

Hu’s requests were:

  1. The media reported that, on January 12, that Hong Kong University confirmed the first “person-to-person” transmittal case and informed Shenzhen, Guangdong, and the National CDC on the same day. Is it true? Can you please release information?
  2. The media reported that, on January 15, China’s CDC activated a Level 1 emergency response to the Wuhan epidemic. Is it true? Please release information.
  3. The Media reported that, from January 3 to February 3, China’s CDC provided the U.S. Wuhan epidemic information 30 times. Is that true? Please release the information.
  4. The Media reported that, on January 5, the Public Health Clinical Center affiliated with Fudan University identified the entire genome of Wuhan Pneumonia and found that it is 89.11 percent homologous to SARS coronavirus; they recommended to the National Health Commission, “take appropriate preventive measures in public places.” Is that true? Please release information.
  5. The Media reported that on, January 6, China’s CDC activated a Level 2 emergency response to the Wuhan epidemic. Is it true? Please release the justification for the Level 2 response.
  6. On January 8, when National Health Commission sent its second expert group to Wuhan, did they investigate the 59 confirmed cases that the Wuhan Health Commission published on January 5? Did they verify (the information) for each and every patient if they were infected from the Huanan Seafood market? Please release the second expert group’s report.
  7. The Media reported that National Health Commission’s first expert group arrived at Wuhan on December 31, 2019 and stayed there for four days. Is that true? Did they investigate the 27 confirmed cases that Wuhan Health Commission published on December 31, 2019? Did they verify for each and every patient, if they were infected from the Huanan Seafood market? Please release the first expert group’s report.
  8. Please release the following information: the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia infection count and cases that Wuhan reported on or before January 24; after which period did Wuhan stopped reporting data? Did the National Health Commission or the CDC send any person to inquire or investigate the reason for stopping the reporting of data? If so, what was Wuhan’s response to the inquiry?
  9. Please release the justification for issuing Wang Guangfa the honorary title “Advanced Individual.” (Wang was a medical doctor in the second expert group to Wuhan; he stated that there was no “person-to-person” transmission.)
  10. Please release the official document “National Plan on Surveillance, Investigation, and Management of the Unknown-Caused Pneumonia Program.” Is that regulation still in effect?

Hu said that China’s Government Information Openness Rule stated that she should receive a response in twenty days. As of April 4, 21 days after the requests were made, there has been no report that Beijing has provided a response.

Related posting on Chinascope:

1. Excerpt in Chinese:

新冠病毒肆虐下，突如其来一场危机似乎一夜间把这个崛起的大国打回了原形， 让其僵化的官僚体制，严苛的信息管控等弊端暴露无遗，虚高的强国形象在公众眼中瞬间倒下，公共卫生系统应急预警机制形同虚设。

但这次疫情全面暴露了中共体制中僵化的官僚制度及由此让中国社会所付出的巨大代价。种种迹象表明，僵化的官僚制度使得中国在这次疫情中错过了最初防控疾病的最佳时机。一个显著的例子便是疫情初起时上报系统的混乱与中断。

许多民众认为，武汉与湖北官员的“不作为”使得湖北没能及时对疫情作出反应，错过了时机。但更深层次的原因在于，多年来中国官场上缺乏监督，“只对上负责不对下负责”的风格在各级机构根深蒂固，这种情况下，官员的主动性与能动性都受到打击。

Source: BBC, March 20, 2020
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-51942287

2. Excerpt in Chinese:

新冠病毒蔓延全世界，如何对疫情追责是海内外舆论的关注焦点，中国网络近日盛传一份要求中国卫健委公开有关新冠疫情的十大信息的公开申请，申请人署名为上海华东师范大学法学院教授胡雪梅，据华东师大网站介绍，胡雪梅教授为上海市“曙光”学者。曾经出版多本学术著作，获得省部级科研成果奖。

根据网络传播的公开资料，胡雪梅教授表示为了搞清楚事实真相，不被虚假信息所左右，她首次登陆国家卫生健康委员会的网站要求信息公开，递交了申请公开信息的表格，因为网站要求每一张表格只能递交一个要求，所以她递交了十个表格，总共提出了十大申请。

Source: Radio France International, March 26, 2020
http://www.rfi.fr/cn/中国/20200326-上海华东师大法学院教授提出新冠疫情信息公开申请

3. Excerpt in Chinese:

网上传播的信息公开申请信显示，胡雪梅表示她首次登陆中共国家卫生健康委员会的网站要求信息公开，递交了申请公开信息的表格，因为网站要求每一张表格只能递交一个要求，所以她递交了十个表格，总共提出了十大申请。主要内容如下：

  1. 媒体报导，2020年1月12日，香港大学袁国勇教授团队确诊了香港大学深圳医院收治的深圳市第一个“人传人”新冠肺炎病例，并于当日（1月12日）通知了深圳、广东和国家的各级疾控中心，此消息是否属实？如属实，申请获得相关信息如检测报告、病人发病情况（请隐去患者隐私性信息）等。
  2. 媒体报导，2020年1月15日，中国（中共）疾控中心就武汉疫情启动了突发公共卫生事件内部一级响应，此事是否属实？如属实，申请获得启动一级响应的依据。
  3. 媒体报导，自2020年1月3日起到2月3日一个月时间内，中国（中共）疾控中心30次向美国通报武汉疫情信息及防控措施，该消息是否属实？如属实，申请获得通报的内容。
  4. 媒体报导，2020年1月5日，复旦大学附属公共卫生临床中心测出武汉不明原因肺炎的全基因组，发现其与SARS冠状病毒同源性高达89.11%，推测应是通过呼吸道传播，并向国家卫健委建议“在公共场所采取相应的防控措施”，询问该信息是否属实？如属实，申请获得该报告内容。
  5. 媒体报导，2020年1月6日，中国（中共）疾控中心就武汉疫情启动了内部二级响应，此事是否属实？如属实，申请获得启动二级响应的依据。
  6. 询问2020年1月8日国家卫健委第二批专家有没有调取武汉市卫健委官网2020年1月5日公布的59例确诊病例，并逐一亲自调查这些病人的感染来源是不是均来自华南海鲜市场？且申请获得第二批专家的调查报告等信息。
  7. 媒体报导，国家卫健委第一批专家在2019年12月31日到达武汉后，在武汉待了4天，该消息属实否？并询问：第一批专家有没有调取武汉市卫健委官网2019年12月31日公布的27例确诊病例，并逐一亲自调查这些病人的感染来源是不是均源自华南海鲜市场？且申请获得第一批专家的调查报告等信息。
  8. 申请获得下述相关信息：武汉市在2020年1月24日之前上报的新冠肺炎病人人数、病例（请隐去含个人隐私性信息的内容）；后来中断上报的确切日期；国家卫健委或中国疾控中心是否在武汉中断上报病例的半个月期间内，派人查询、调查过停止上报的原因，或督促过该市要及时依法上报？国家卫健委做了该方面的工作，武汉方面是如何答复的？
  9. 申请获得王广发荣获疫情防控先进个人荣誉称号的依据。
  10. 申请获得《全国不明原因肺炎病例监测、排查和管理方案》文本，并问询：该规定是否仍属现行有效法规。

公开信还表示，按照中国（中共）《政府消息公开条列》第33条，申请人应该在递交申请之后二十天内获得回复。申请日期为3月13日。

Source: Epoch Times, March 27, 2020
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/20/3/27/n11979088.htm

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