After the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Wuhan City and Hubei Province, Beijing sent a Central Government Supervisory Group, headed by Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, to Hubei to oversee its pandemic prevention and control work. The group left Hubei on April 27.
However, on May 4, the State Council sent a Liaison Group under the State Council Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism back to Hubei Province. Ding Xiangyang, Deputy Secretary General of the State Council serves the Director of the liaison group and Yu Xuejun, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission serves the Deputy Director.
The liaison group’s main responsibilities include gathering information on the status of the pandemic prevention and control work in Wuhan and Hubei and reporting it, supervising implementation, preventing coronavirus rebound, and also gathering information on the work of resuming production and schooling.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
新华社武汉5月4日电经中央批准，国务院联防联控机制设立联络组。5月4日下午，国务院副秘书长、国务院联防联控机制联络组组长丁向阳，卫生健康委副主任、联络组副组长于学军带领联络组抵达武汉，与湖北省、武汉市负责同志召开会议，研究下一步工作。联络组的主要职责是及时了解和反映湖北省、武汉市疫情防控工作情况，督促落实各项防控措施，巩固疫情防控成果，严防疫情出现反弹，兼顾了解复工复产复学等情况，承担领导同志交办的其他工作。
Source: Xinhua, May 5, 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com//mrdx/2020-05/05/c_139031114.htm