Director General Eric Huang of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago and US Representative Danny Davis from Illinois jointly witnessed the arrival of the Taiwan-donated surgical masks in the United Center in Chicago on the evening of April 20, 2020. Mr. Huang emphasized Taiwan’s hope to contribute to the global efforts in fighting the pandemic and thanked Representative Davis, who is also a member of the congressional Taiwan Caucus, for his longtime support of US-Taiwan relations. Representative Davis expressed his appreciation to Taiwan and encouraged international community to continue the joint fight against the pandemic.
In addition, elected officials at the federal level in the four states including US Representative Mike Bost, US Representative Adam Kinzinger, and US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, US Representative Jim Banks of Indiana, US Representative Brenda Lawrence of Michigan, US Representative Steve Chabot, and US Representative Bob Gibbs of Ohio, expressed their appreciation of the mask donation through their official Twitter accounts.
Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez also witnessed the donation. Chicago is the third largest city in the US and has been seriously affected by the coronavirus. Taiwan donated these surgical masks to help protect the frontline healthcare workers in Chicago. State and city governments in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana expressed appreciation for Taiwan to TECO in Chicago.
Taiwan has donated more than 3 million medical masks to the US and several other millions to countries around the world to help protect medical workers fighting the global pandemic. Taiwan aspires to meaningfully participate in the World Health Organization (WHO) as Taiwan can help with the WHO’s “Health for All” global efforts.
US Representative Danny Davis (left) and Director General Eric Huang (right) of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago stood before the Taiwan’s donation of surgical masks to Chicago.
Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez (2nd from left) and Director General Eric Huang (2nd from right), together with staffs of the City of Chicago, displayed the donation of surgical masks from Taiwan at the United Center.
