by Natalie Winters at The National Pulse
A Chinese-language version of the site reveals the lab has several Chinese Communist Party organizations, including a Party Committee, Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Communist Youth League.
The lab’s “Party Building and Scientific Culture” page also reveals the existence of a “United Front Group,” an effort which, according to the U.S.-China Security and Economic Review Commission, aims to “to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party” and “influence foreign governments and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies.”
The lab has also hosted United Front officials at its symposiums concerning infectious diseases
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One press release reveals that Shi Zhengli – a Wuhan researcher listed on several studies funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) – received awards and grants from the Chinese Communist Party.
“The Ministry of Education issued a notification, announcing that Prof. Zhengli Shi from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is approved to enjoy the 2014 Special Government Allowances of the State Council,” the lab’s website boasted before adding “in addition, she has been awarded as Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions of Hubei Province.” Administered by the State Council, the award “shows the care and support from the central government,” according to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
A now-deleted post from 2013 also reveals that the lab hosts a “Management Party Branch,” which received the “Advanced Grassroots Party Organization” award from the Hubei Provincial Institution Party Work Committee.
“By creating learning party organizations, and actively organizing various party branch activities, they have helped ensure the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s successful implementation of the “Innovation 2020” and “One Position, Three Major Breakthroughs & Five Emphasized Research Directions” development plans,” the lab bragged…
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