On February 21, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Premier of the State Council, and leader of the Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Response, was accompanied by Cai Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and Chen Jining, Mayor of Beijing. Went to Haidian, Beijing to inspect the production and supply guarantee of medical prevention and control materials. He emphasized that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, we must coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, promote cooperation and coordination between large and small-sized enterprises, and further expand the production of medical prevention and control epidemic materials. Effectively ensure the need for epidemic prevention and control and orderly resumption of work and production.
Li Keqiang listened to a report on the production and supply of medical protective clothing, masks, etc. across the country. The person in charge of the relevant department said that in accordance with the deployment of the Central Leading Group for Response to the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic, with the joint efforts of all parties, the national production capacity and output of medical protective clothing, masks, etc. have been doubled in a relatively short period of time, effectively ensuring the fight against the epidemic. Front line needs. A large amount of new production capacity will be put into operation in the short term, of which the daily output of masks can reach hundreds of millions, and supply security capabilities will be further enhanced. Li Keqiang said that the epidemic prevention and control work has made positive progress, and the supply guarantee of medical prevention and control materials has played a strong supporting role. Now that the epidemic prevention and control is at a critical stage, the orderly resumption of work and production in various places also requires a large number of masks and other epidemic prevention materials. Relevant departments must continue to provide coordination services, support enterprises to continue to increase their efforts, produce at full capacity and expand production capacity, and ensure that the supply of key medical prevention and control epidemic prevention materials continues to keep up.
Li Keqiang inspected the new mask production line of the private Natong Biotechnology Company. The person in charge of the company said that through the production line and cooperation with Sinopec, they quickly formed a production capacity of nearly 300,000 masks per day. Seeing that workers were installing and debugging new equipment, Li Keqiang affirmed the company’s continued expansion of production capacity. He asked the company in detail whether there was a shortage of workers, what support was needed to increase production, the price of masks on the market, etc., and urged the heads of relevant departments to coordinate and help solve the problems encountered by the company in terms of raw materials. Li Keqiang said that masks are a weapon for medical staff to fight the epidemic, a shield to protect the health of the people, and a strong guarantee for enterprises to resume work and production in an orderly manner. In the current special period, the majority of mask manufacturers must continue to race against time, race against time to speed up production, effectively ensure product quality, adhere to the supremacy of people’s interests, and maintain reasonable price levels. This not only contributes to epidemic prevention and control, but also helps promote development.
Hearing the introduction, new mask materials and multiple-use protective mask varieties have been developed to ease the supply pressure of raw materials. Li Keqiang said that this is a new way to increase the effective supply capacity of masks. path, we must accelerate exploration and innovation. He urged the heads of relevant departments to follow up services in a timely manner, improve the efficiency of product inspection and testing, and mass produce and put them on the market as soon as possible while ensuring quality and effectiveness. In the short term, the national mask production capacity must adapt to the needs of orderly resumption of work and production during epidemic prevention and control as soon as possible, and masks should be used scientifically in accordance with relevant national guidelines, and should be used appropriately to avoid unreasonable use. All parties must work together as one, do their best, continue to do a solid job in various tasks, resolutely win the battle against epidemic prevention and control, and strive to achieve this year’s economic and social development goals and tasks.
Wang Yong, Xiao Jie and He Lifeng accompanied the inspection.
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