Doctor calls for stronger disease control system

Editor's Note: This series tells the stories of delegates to the two sessions who are bravely fighting the virus outbreak with extraordinary dedication.

After working as a doctor on the front line of the novel coronavirus outbreak since January, Cai Weiping put aside his white gown and flew to Beijing a few days ago to serve as a deputy to the National People's Congress, which opened its annual session on Friday.

Cai, head of the infectious diseases department at Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has proposed building an efficient, open and transparent prevention and control system for infectious diseases and the development of more comprehensive facilities for treatment of the diseases.