China News Service, Guangzhou, January 5 (Xu Qingqingyang Liqun) Guangzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology introduced on the 5th that currently, the daily production capacity of masks in Guangzhou has exceeded 120 million, and the daily production capacity of protective clothing is 150,000. The daily capacity of thermometers is 160,000, the daily capacity of kits is 3.15 million, and the daily capacity of goggles is 800,000.

Various epidemic prevention materials are in sufficient supply.

  It is understood that in 2020, the Guangzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology will make every effort to organize the production and guarantee of prevention and control materials, and realize the deterministic appointment and supply of the city’s masks and other prevention and control materials in the shortest time, and race against time to increase production and supply capacity to provide Guangzhou, Guangdong, and the whole country. Guangzhou has played a role in winning the prevention and control war, supporting Wuhan in Hubei, and implementing the promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Production workshop of Guangzhou reagent kit enterprise.

Photo by Yang Liqun

  As of December 31, 2020, the enterprises in Guangzhou have produced 4 billion masks, 6.53 million protective suits, 12.2 million infrared thermometers (sets), 168.32 million nucleic acid test kits, and medical care 37.97 million eyepieces.

  At present, a total of 113 companies in Guangzhou have obtained medical device registration certificates and 140 companies have obtained export whitelist qualifications, an increase of 9.3 times and 45.7 times respectively.

Various epidemic prevention materials are in sufficient supply.

  The bureau stated that in the next step, it will continue to do a good job in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and the production and guarantee of epidemic prevention materials. At the same time, it will establish a list of key enterprises in accordance with the principles of key protection and classification guidance to support enterprises with relevant production qualifications to explore domestic and international markets, and speed up emergency response. The capacity building for the production of anti-epidemic materials ensures that all kinds of anti-epidemic materials are “available, produced, and available” under emergency conditions.

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