China News Service Client, Beijing, April 5 (Zuo Yukun Zhang Xulanglang) Will China restrict the export of medical supplies? How much has been exported? How to ensure the quality of masks and other products?
At the press conference of the Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism of the State Council held on April 5, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the General Administration of Market Supervision responded.
Customs officers at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport quickly checked and released the exported materials. Guan Yueshe
No restrictions on exports, double back to the world!
——About 3.86 billion masks have been exported
Jiang Fan, a first-level inspector of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that there is an old saying in China called "the grace of dripping water, when the springs are reported to each other." China will not forget that at the beginning of the fight against the epidemic, many countries helped us.
"As China's epidemic prevention and control situation is improving and foreign epidemic situations are accelerating, we are willing to provide support and assistance to relevant countries and regions on the basis of good domestic epidemic prevention and control, and give back to the international community, so China has not Nor will it restrict the export of medical supplies. "Jiang Fan said.
Statistics show that the scale of China's medical supplies exports has been steadily increasing in recent times.
Jin Hai, director of the General Operations Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that from March 1 to April 4, the country exported and exported major epidemic prevention and control materials worth 10.2 billion yuan, including about 3.86 billion masks, worth 7.72 billion yuan; 37.52 million pieces of protective clothing, valued at 910 million yuan; 2.41 million pieces of infrared thermometers, valued at 330 million yuan; 16,000 ventilators, valued at 310 million yuan; 2.84 million boxes of new coronavirus detection reagents, 8.41 million pairs of goggles.
Jiang Fan said that as of April 4, 54 countries (regions), 3 international organizations and Chinese companies have signed commercial procurement contracts for medical supplies, and 74 countries and 10 international organizations are developing business with Chinese companies. Procurement negotiations.
With the orderly expansion of China's medical supplies exports, China will provide stronger support for the international community to fight the epidemic.
Fuzhou Changle Airport Customs inspects and releases the export anti-epidemic materials. Photo courtesy of Fuzhou Customs
Respond to quality doubts such as masks and strictly control quality
"Next, we will mainly expedite the export of more medical materials needed by the international community from two aspects. In addition, we will strictly control the quality and standardize the order and make China's contribution to jointly responding to the global epidemic and building a community of human destiny." Jiang Fan said.
Regarding media reports, some countries said that some medical materials such as masks purchased from China had quality problems. Jiang Fan responded that the reports did not objectively reflect the full picture of the facts. Some media completely blamed the quality of Chinese products, but the actual reason is that In many aspects, for example, the quality standards of Chinese and foreign products are different, there are differences in usage habits, and even the user's improper operation can cause some quality doubts.
For example, in the previous stage, a batch of non-medical masks for personal protection that China exported to the Netherlands was distributed to local hospitals. On the evening of April 3, the Dutch Minister of Health tweeted that the quality of a new batch of Chinese masks conformed to official Dutch standards and had been approved for distribution.
The workers hurriedly produced masks. Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
Jiang Fan said that life is above everything else. The quality and safety of medical supplies are directly related to human life and health. In the special period of global epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to take decisive measures to further strictly control the quality of medical supplies and regulate the export order.
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the General Administration of Customs and the Food and Drug Administration, issued an announcement requiring the export of five types of products, such as testing reagents, to obtain the qualifications of China's drug regulatory authorities and meet the quality standards of importing countries and regions.
Jiang Fan said that if there are quality problems in the export of medical materials, they will be seriously investigated, found together, investigated and punished together, punished according to law, never tolerate, strictly control the export quality, standardize the order of operation, and earnestly maintain the image of "Made in China".
Jin Hai also pointed out that for new coronavirus detection reagents, medical masks, medical protective clothing, ventilators, infrared thermometers and other exported medical materials, strict inspection and release of medical device product registration certificates approved by the drug regulatory authority; strengthen customs protection of intellectual property, Resolutely investigate and deal with the infringement of epidemic prevention goods; implement severe crackdowns on illegal acts such as exporting false reports, concealing and enclosing, pretending to be genuine, and passing unqualified ones.