Restrict the export of epidemic prevention materials？ The official response came.

　　

　　Cctv news(Reporter Wang Xiaoying) On April 5th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. Jiang Fan, first-class inspector of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, Jin Hai, director of the General Administration of Customs, Danfu Liu, director of the Certification and Supervision Department of the State Administration of Market Supervision, and Zhang Qi, deputy director of the Device Supervision Department of National Medical Products Administration, introduced the work of strengthening the quality management of medical materials and standardizing the market order, and answered media questions on the quality of export products and related certification.

　　Put an end to unqualified epidemic prevention materials entering the market

　　How to ensure the quality and safety of COVID-19 virus detection reagents, medical masks, medical protective clothing, ventilators, infrared thermometers and other epidemic prevention and control materials after the outbreak?

　　Zhang Qi said that National Medical Products Administration has comprehensively strengthened the quality supervision of medical devices for epidemic prevention and control, strengthened the supervision and inspection of key links such as raw material procurement, production process control and product release, and urged enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with regulatory requirements and standards. For the problems found, enterprises are ordered to rectify in place, resolutely prevent unqualified products from entering the market, and ensure the quality and safety of medical devices from the source.

　　At the same time, strengthen quality inspection, severely crack down on illegal activities of manufacturing and selling counterfeit and inferior medical devices, publish the relevant registration information of approved products on the website of National Medical Products Administration, and update it in time according to the examination and approval, so as to provide reference for the selection of purchasers and facilitate the export supervision of relevant departments.

　　Restrict the export of medical materials? non-existent

　　On March 31, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the General Administration of Customs and the Food and Drug Administration, issued the Announcement on Orderly Exporting Medical Materials, requiring that the exported five types of products, such as testing reagents, medical masks, medical protective clothing, ventilators and infrared thermometers, must obtain the registration certificate of medical devices in China, which meets the quality standards of importing countries (regions), and the customs shall examine and release them with the registration certificate of medical devices approved by the drug supervision department.

　　Regarding the above announcement, some people understand that China wants to restrict or even stop the export of key medical materials. In this regard, Jiang Fan said that China has not restricted and will not restrict the export of medical materials.

　　Jiang Fan further explained that the purpose of the announcement is to strictly control the product quality, standardize the export order, and better play the important role of medical materials in the global fight against the epidemic. In fact, it is the firm action of the China government to support the global fight against the epidemic and the initiative to play the role of a responsible big country.

　　Jiang Fan said that at present, there are more than 2,000 medical device manufacturers who have obtained product registration certificates approved by China’s drug regulatory authorities. For foreign buyers, the number of suppliers to choose from is relatively sufficient, and the quality of supply is more guaranteed, reminding foreign buyers to choose partners from the list of enterprises announced by the drug regulatory authorities to avoid normal export because products do not meet the qualification requirements.

　　Investigate and deal with quality problems of export epidemic prevention materials together.

　　Earlier, some media reported that some countries claimed that some medical materials such as masks purchased from China had quality problems.

　　Jiang Fan responded that the reasons for the above problems are various. For example, the quality standards of Chinese and foreign products are different, and there are differences in usage habits. Even improper operation by users can cause some quality questions.

　　Jiang Fan said that if there are quality problems in the export of medical materials, we will seriously investigate and find them together, investigate and deal with them together, punish them according to law, and never tolerate them, strictly control the export quality, standardize the business order, earnestly safeguard the image of "Made in China" and give full play to the important role of medical materials in supporting global epidemic prevention and control.

　　China has exported 10.2 billion yuan of epidemic prevention materials.

　　With the global COVID-19 epidemic, the demand for medical materials in various countries is also increasing. Since late March, China’s export of epidemic prevention and control materials has increased significantly.

　　Jiang Fan said that as of April 4th, 54 countries (regions) and 3 international organizations had signed commercial procurement contracts with enterprises in China, and 74 countries and 10 international organizations were conducting commercial procurement negotiations with enterprises in China. In the future, the Ministry of Commerce will speed up the export of medical materials needed by the international community.

　　According to customs statistics, from March 1st to April 4th, a total of 10.2 billion yuan worth of major epidemic prevention and control materials were exported. Jinhai introduced that these materials mainly include about 3.86 billion masks, worth 7.72 billion yuan; 37.52 million pieces of protective clothing, worth 910 million yuan; 2.41 million infrared thermometers, worth 330 million yuan; 16,000 ventilators, worth 310 million yuan; Novel coronavirus has 2.84 million boxes of test reagents and 8.41 million pairs of goggles.

　　Do masks need to be certified for export? The official gives a reliable certification guide

　　There is an increasing demand for epidemic prevention products in China in many parts of the world. However, because domestic enterprises need to pass the CE certification of the European Union and the registration procedures of the US FDA to export masks to the European Union and the United States, some enterprises blindly entrust intermediaries to apply for foreign certification.

　　Danfu Liu said that in order to facilitate the smooth entry of enterprise products into Europe, the United States and other markets, the General Administration of Market Supervision has compiled a certification information guide for the export of epidemic prevention products such as masks to the European Union and the United States, which can be viewed on the websites of the General Administration of Market Supervision, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration and WeChat official account.

　　The certification information guide includes EU CE mark, US FDA registration and other related requirements, and also lists the list of institutions that can do the above business in China at present.

　　He called on enterprises to find a legal certification body when certification, and to understand the market access requirements of export destination countries.