Abstract
It is an undeniable fact that China has basically
succeeded in controlling the spread of the epidemic in China in the first half
of 2020. Behind this success there may be several reasons, among which the
cultural factors have certainly played an important role. What kind of cultural
values helped Chinese to combat the COVID-19 Epidemic? This paper attempts to
discuss this issue by analysing some data from the newly released results in
Wave 7 of the World Values Survey and combining with the study of Chinese
cultural concepts. It finds that, generally speaking, Chinese culture is
characterized with the following cultural spirits and values which are relevant
to Chinese people’s responding to the crisis of COVID-19 outbreak: the value of
the supremacy of human life, believe in science rather than religion, the
preference of the value of security over the value of freedom, the idea that the fate of an individual is inextricably linked
to that of a group, nation, and humanity, and the spirit of trust and obedience
to political leadership. At a
time when humanity need to unite in the face of a major disaster such as the
Covid-19 pandemic, these Chinese cultural values clearly have some advantages
that deserve to be summarized and studied.
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