摘要
In view of the“Big Harms”that may be attributable to the“Small Pests”around us,the launch ceremony of“World Pest Day”was held at Beijing Hotel on June 6,2017.The original goals and development processes of World Pest Day are to gain well-deserved respect for the global pest control industry and to open up a new way of thinking to facilitate industry’s public-facing platform and ultimately to achieve positive changes in public health.Since the establishment of World Pest Day,different countries and regions have carried out various activities based on specific needs of the countries or regions.This paper also seeks to appeal to the general public about the great importance of pest control industry on public health and to emphasize the key role pest control industry plays on the prevention and control of infectious diseases,especially during the period of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic in 2020.
