China News Service, April 30. The two companies have recently been suspended from exporting anti-epidemic materials due to the quality of their exported products. A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Gao Feng, responded on the 30th that during the special period of epidemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Commerce and the relevant departments shall administer according to law. Effectively strengthen the epidemic prevention materials market and export quality supervision, strict enterprise qualifications, and guide enterprises to comply with production and operation. At the same time, strengthen the coordination and cooperation of the departments, severely investigate and deal with the crackdown on counterfeiting and manufacturing in accordance with the law, and maintain fair market order.
On the 30th, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular online press conference. During the meeting, a reporter asked questions about the export of anti-epidemic articles due to the quality of exported products. Can you tell us about the current investigation and handling of relevant cases?
Gao Feng pointed out that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to the export quality of anti-epidemic materials. During the special period of epidemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Commerce, in conjunction with relevant departments, administers in accordance with the law, effectively strengthens the epidemic prevention material market and export quality supervision, strict enterprise qualifications, and guides enterprises to comply with production and operation. At the same time, strengthen the coordination and cooperation of the departments, severely investigate and deal with the crackdown on counterfeiting and manufacturing in accordance with the law, and maintain fair market order.
Gao Feng introduced that on April 29, a company in Shanghai and Beijing were suspended from exporting anti-epidemic materials due to export product quality issues. The governments of the two cities attach great importance to strengthening market and export quality supervision and are conducting in-depth investigations. In the recent period, the member units of the commercial export mechanism of medical materials have performed their duties conscientiously, strengthened the rectification of the epidemic prevention material market, cracked down on counterfeit and shoddy goods, inflated prices, and hoarding illegal behaviors, etc., and effectively guaranteed the quality and safety of epidemic prevention materials and the export order.
Gao Feng emphasized that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to strictly control the export quality, encourage qualified enterprises to expand the export of anti-epidemic materials, and effectively support the international community in combating the epidemic.