Chinese government-backed company directed foreign employees to gather bulk medical supplies and send to China
by Emma Colton
| March 30, 2020 03:38 PM
A Chinese government-backed real estate company told employees operating out of foreign countries to put their day-to-day work on the back-burner to source medical supplies to ship back to China when the coronavirus began spreading.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the Greenland Holdings Group instructed employees from receptionists to contract managers in its Sydney offices to find surgical masks, thermometers, antibacterial wipes, among other supplies, to ship to China.
"Basically all employees, the majority of whom are Chinese, were asked to source whatever medical supplies they could," one company insider told the Herald. The mission was conducted from January through February, according to the report.
The Greenland Holdings Group operates out of countries across the globe, and the directive was a “worldwide Greenland effort,†the Herald reported.
Employees were able to source “pallet-loads†of medical supplies and even posted updates of the efforts on social media. In total, the company was able to secure 3 million masks, 700,000 hazmat suits, and 500,000 pairs of gloves from "Australia, Canada, Turkey and other countries," according to a company newsletter.
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