China News Service Client, Beijing, April 26th As the epidemic spreads globally, the shortage of masks and other protective equipment has become a world topic.
What has China done in the export of masks and other anti-epidemic materials? Are Chinese masks sold cheaply? How to monitor the quality of epidemic prevention materials? At the press conference of the State Council's Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism on the 26th, multiple departments responded.
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Have exported anti-epidemic materials to 191 countries and regions
The so-called "China restricts exports" is completely misunderstood and misunderstood
At the press conference, a reporter mentioned that "the WTO released a report on the 23rd that since the outbreak, there have been a total of 80 countries in the world that have banned or restricted the export of masks, gloves and other medical protective equipment." Then, will China restrict the epidemic prevention materials? Export?
Li Xingqian, director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that China has never restricted the export of anti-epidemic materials, but has made every effort to provide convenience and support for the procurement of countries around the world. The channels for commercial procurement of epidemic prevention materials in China by all countries are completely unblocked.
According to Li Xingqian, according to the business statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, as of April 25, 74 countries and regions and 6 international organizations have signed 192 batches of medical supplies commercial procurement contracts with me, with a cumulative amount of 1.41 billion US dollars. 72 countries and regions and 8 international organizations are carrying out 129 batches of commercial procurement negotiations with our company. China ’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have exported anti-epidemic materials to 191 countries and regions through market-based procurement.
The Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, actively supports in the areas of demand matching, source organization, logistics and transportation, export customs clearance, and standard certification.
According to reports, customs statistics show that the scale of medical supplies exports has steadily expanded. On April 24, China exported 1.06 billion masks, which was a 3.7-fold increase from the 224 million before the implementation of the announcement on March 31. Li Xingqian said: We sincerely look forward to the difficulties of people all over the world as soon as possible. The so-called "China restricts exports" is completely misunderstood and misunderstood.
Data picture: On the afternoon of April 20, pedestrians wearing masks on the streets of Berlin. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei
China has exported 21.1 billion masks since March
The price of the mask conforms to the market principles and is of conscience quality
At the press conference, Jin Hai, Director of the General Operations Department of the General Administration of Customs, introduced that from March 1 to April 25, the country exported and exported major anti-epidemic materials worth 55 billion yuan, including 21.1 billion masks and 109 million protective clothing. 32.94 million pairs of goggles, 110,000 patient monitors, 9.29 million infrared thermometers, and 763 million pairs of surgical gloves.
He said that China's exports of major epidemic prevention materials have averaged 1 billion yuan a day in early April, 2 billion yuan in the middle, and more than 2.5 billion yuan in the near future, indicating that China's exports of major epidemic prevention materials have shown a clear growth trend.
At the press conference, some reporters mentioned two current arguments about China's export masks: some media reported that Chinese mask manufacturers pressed prices, export masks were sold at a low price, and some foreign media reported that China monopolized the personal protection market during the epidemic and sought Profiteering.
In this regard, Li Xingqian said that while meeting the needs of domestic prevention and control, China can do its best to support the commercial procurement needs of countries around the world. The price is 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.
He said that we cannot damage domestic enterprises that work overtime and overtime 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 signboards made in China. To this end, the Chinese government has taken a series of measures to strengthen the quality control of epidemic prevention materials, investigate in accordance with the law, severely crack down on counterfeit and shoddy products, illegal exports, hoarding and strange behaviors that disrupt the market and export order.
Data Map: In the United States, customers wear masks to shop. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan
How to monitor the quality of epidemic prevention materials?
The quality and safety of anti-epidemic materials should not be sloppy
Since the outbreak, the price and quality of masks and other anti-epidemic materials have been a topic of high social concern.
Li Yujia, market inspection commissioner of the State Administration of Market Supervision ’s Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau, said that up to now, local market supervision departments have strengthened the handling of cases against illegal acts such as price hikes, collusion of price increases, and price fraud that exist in the market based on the unified deployment and arrangements of the General Administration. The General Administration of the People's Republic of China also organized a special investigation on the behavior of coaxing the price of melt-blown cloth. During the epidemic, 16,482 cases of price violations were registered nationwide, and 12,192 cases have been punished.
Li Yujia also introduced that up to now, the State Administration of Market Supervision has dispatched a total of 11.9266 million inspection teams, inspected 15.8947 million households (persons), seized 89.641 million problem masks, and seized 418,000 other protective products in question. The value of other anti-killing supplies in question reached RMB 7,609,400. In addition, a total of 29,900 cases of illegal manufacture and sale of protective masks and other protective equipment were investigated, 438 million yuan in fines were confiscated, and 757 cases were transferred to public security organs.
Regarding the quality supervision of export protective materials, Li Xingqian said that human lives are critical, and the quality and safety of epidemic prevention materials cannot be ignored. The Chinese government will never let unqualified anti-epidemic materials go. The two previous announcements have tightened the quality control of medical and non-medical anti-epidemic materials, which is not to restrict the export of anti-epidemic materials, but is based on Responsible initiative to ensure that China's qualified products are more effectively provided to the international market, so that end users in various countries can rest assured and make positive contributions to the global fight against the epidemic with practical actions. (Finish)