By helping mask manufacturers reduce costs, expanding production capacity, rolling out supportive policies and enhancing market regulation as well as quality control over exports, China has provided the essentials to the global market at fair prices, assisting the international community to stem COVID-19.
China has provided protective masks to the global market at fair prices, by organizing as many qualified manufacturers as possible, tapping the full potential of the industrial chain and strengthening market supervision.
The world is still scrambling to stock up on the much sought-after essentials, and Chinese authorities, regulators and manufacturers are doing what they can to moderate the prices and ensure quality.
Market feedbacks show that China's export of medical supplies is expected to maintain steady and orderly growth in the following months, offering stronger support to the global society in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
China has taken measures to strengthen quality control over exports of medical supplies, with the Ministry of Commerce working with other government departments to crack down on exports of counterfeit and shoddy products and other behaviors that disrupt market and export order.
Li Xingqian, director of foreign trade department under the ministry, said the Chinese government has always been assisting the international community in various forms to stem COVID-19.
Statistics from the General Administration of Customs showed that China inspected and released a total of 21.1 billion masks from March 1 to Saturday.
As China is trying its best to meet the growing global demand for masks, the market regulator and association of the medical devices industry in Guangdong have offered training for local enterprises to better understand international trade rules and certification standards.
Huang Minju, with the Guangdong Medical Devices Quality Supervision and Test Institute, said the testing facility's workload increased significantly, with more samples for export sent to the institute by various new mask producers.
"Test data won't lie, and it will help further regulate the mask export market and ensure that China provides high-quality masks to other countries," Huang said.
Post time: Apr-28-2020