As the resumption of work approaches, are your masks ready?
You know, in many places now you can’t even take the subway or bus without wearing a mask. , it can be said that it is difficult to move forward without a cover.
Data map: Shanghai’s professional mask manufacturer starts “all-weather production” mode during the Spring Festival. Photo by China News Service reporter Tang Yanjun
But there is good news. The latest news shows that China has imported 328 million masks, and the daily domestic production of masks has reached 14.8 million! Your mask may On the way!
Masks are in urgent need: users are running out of stock
Recently, many netizens have reported that it is hard to find a mask: you can’t buy it offline, and you can’t grab it online. “The only person who can give you a mask now is definitely a close friend.”
Data map: Comparison of real and fake 3M masks. Image source: Zhejiang Online Weibo
It is not available and there is not much stock. Recently, a survey launched on Weibo showed that nearly 600,000 netizens voted, and more than 75% of them said that “there are only 0-10 masks left.”
According to many netizens, how difficult is it to buy a mask? First of all, many merchants have no stock, and even if they have stock, they don’t know whether the mask is real or fake; even if it is reliable, Spectrum merchants also make reservations first, and users who successfully make reservations will then rush to buy based on luck.
Netizens said that buying masks requires a lottery. Screenshot
Purchasing masks really depends on luck. No, it will be implemented in Xiamen from February 1st. You first need to register online and notarize the number before purchasing offline. Netizen: I never expected that masks would also be purchased through a lottery.
Similar to Xiamen, many cities have started “fancy” purchases of masks. For example, Shanghai implements reservation purchase, and each household can buy five masks; Hefei purchases by reservation, 1 yuan/piece, and cannot be reused within three days; Yantai can buy two masks with ID card.
At a press conference held by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council on the 5th, Cao Xuejun, deputy director of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that from the current point of view, some important supplies, masks and Protective clothing is still in short supply.
Many merchants show that they are out of stock and have no quotations yet. Screenshot
Some pessimistic netizens actually took out their calculators and calculated. China has a population of about 1.4 billion. If each person wears one mask per day, that would be 1.4 billion. If most people If you don’t go out, based on 10% of the base, you will still need 140 million masks every day. This does not include the large number of masks that medical staff need to use.
But don’t be too anxious if you can’t buy a mask, a large wave of masks is on the way.
Domestic daily production of masks exceeds 14 million pieces
At the above press conference Hao Fuqing, deputy director of the Social Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that according to preliminary statistics, as of February 3, the output of masks in 22 key provinces across the country has reached 14.806 million.
And production capacity is still recovering. The above data increased by 3.1% month-on-month from the previous day, and the capacity utilization rate reached 67%, an increase of 2 percentage points month-on-month.
Among them, the number of N95 masks that everyone is paying close attention to has reached 116,000, a month-on-month increase of 48%. Other medical masks were 9.98 million, a month-on-month increase of 36%.
Data map: A salesperson at a pharmacy in Fuzhou City wears a mask to serve citizens. Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
There are 4.71 million ordinary masks. Overall, mask production shows a continuous upward trend, especially medical N95 masks that are urgently needed on the front line of prevention and treatment. Priority is given to ensuring and increasing Faster.
Hao Fuqing said that judging from the data, mask production is still growing rapidly.
And the country has given mask manufacturers a “reassurance”. Hao Fuqing said that for some companies who are worried about overcapacity in the future, the government will purchase and store excess production after the epidemic. , as long as the standards are met, the company can organize production at full capacity.
There are also these imported masks on the way
In addition to increasing domestic Production, China will also import masks, although according to data, China is the world’s largest mask producer, producing about 50% of the world’s masks.
At the above-mentioned press conference, Jin Hai, Director of the General Administration Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that since January 24, judging from the categories of imported epidemic materials, 77.3% of them are There are 367 million pieces of protective equipment worth 940 million yuan.
Data map: A notice saying “No masks in this store” is posted in front of a pharmacy in Fuzhou. Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
These supplies mainly include 328 million masks, 3.854 million protective suits, and 620,000 pairs of goggles. There are a total of 453,000 medical devices worth 70.7 million yuan.
�It is worth noting that many of these are donated materials. Jin Hai said that in terms of trade methods, general trade accounted for 60.4%, and donated materials accounted for 23.5%. The donated materials totaled 87.764 million pieces, worth 286 million yuan, mainly including 71.799 million masks, 1.533 million protective clothing, and goggles. 337,000 copies.
In addition, Jin Hai said that since January 30 this year, the amount of epidemic protection materials imported every day has basically remained above 150 million yuan, so the import volume has remained at this level. On a stable basis.
So, the masks you can’t buy anywhere now may be on the way!
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