China News Service, April 26. Li Xingqian, director of the Ministry of Commerce's Foreign Trade Department, responded to media reports of incidents such as "Chinese mask manufacturers have reduced prices and export masks have been sold cheaply."
On the afternoon of the 26th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on strengthening the quality control of the export of medical prevention and control materials. A reporter asked: There are media reports that Chinese mask manufacturers have reduced prices, and export masks have been sold at a bargain price. There are also foreign media reports that China monopolized the personal protection market during the epidemic and sought profiteering. May I ask if the above is true? If true, what measures will be taken to adjust?
Li Xingqian responded that the two types of reports mentioned by the reporter are diametrically opposed, and the two kinds of assertions justify the unobjectivity and inaccuracy of individual reports.
Li Xingqian said that with the rapid spread of the epidemic around the world, while meeting the needs of domestic prevention and control, China is able to provide support to the commercial procurement needs of countries all over the world. Everyone knows that prices are dominated by the market and determined by supply and demand. In the short term, the price of Chinese export masks may fluctuate due to changes in supply and demand, or the export prices of individual manufacturers may be abnormal, but overall, the price of Chinese export masks conforms to market principles and is a conscience quality.
"We cannot damage domestic enterprises that work overtime or work in a hurry because of the cheap selling of masks, and their legitimate income cannot be guaranteed, nor can illegal acts of raising prices and making huge profits damage the gold-made signboard made in China. For this reason, China The government has adopted a series of measures to strengthen the quality supervision of epidemic prevention materials from production, trading, certification, export and other links. The relevant departments coordinated and investigated according to law, and severely cracked down on counterfeit and shoddy goods, illegal exports, hoarding and other acts that disrupted the market and export order. When problems are found, in-depth investigations and verifications will be carried out, and behaviors that are indeed illegal or illegal will be severely punished and never condoned. "Li Xingqian said.