The Impact of China's Paired Assistance Policy on the COVID-19 Crisis-An Empirical Case Study of Hubei Province

Rui Huang; Xiantao Yao; Zhishan Chen; Wan Li; Haobo Yan

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.885852

The Impact of China's Paired Assistance Policy on the COVID-19 Crisis-An Empirical Case Study of Hubei Province

Front Public Health. 2022 May 30:10:885852. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.885852. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Rui Huang¹, Xiantao Yao², Zhishan Chen³, Wan Li¹, Haobo Yan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management, School of Management, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
² Puxin Education and Technology Group, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Environment and Nature Resources, School of Environment and Nature Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Applied Economics, School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.

Abstract

To control the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), China implemented the Paired Assistance Policy (PAP). Local responders in 16 cities in Hubei Province were paired with expert teams from 19 provinces and municipalities. Fully supported by the country's top-down political system, PAP played a significant role in alleviating the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei Province and China as a whole. In this study, we examined PAP using a two-way fixed effects model with the cumulative number of medical support personnel and cumulative duration as measurements. The results show personnel and material support played an active role in the nation's response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Keywords: COVID-19; an empirical case study of Hubei Province; paired assistance policy; public health crisis; two-way fixed effects model.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
China / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
Policy
SARS-CoV-2