Wang, for example, is widely credited with improving the response to the SARS outbreak in 2003 after he was installed to replace a Beijing mayor who had botched the effort.

• 以王歧山为例，人们普遍认为，2003年他在非典(SARS)疫情爆发之际临危受命担任北京市长后，领导北京市对这一重大疫情作出了成功应对。