(Yicai Global) Nov. 12 -- China has exported 179 billion masks worldwide, greatly shoring up the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said yesterday.

In addition to masks, China had also sent 1.73 billion items of protective clothing and 543 million test kits overseas as of Oct. 20, Liu Liehong said at the China Development Forum being held in Beijing. It has provided 150 countries and seven international organizations with epidemic control assistance.

China’s production capacity of emergency medical supplies grew tens, even dozens, of times in a short period after the outbreak of Covid-19. This not only enabled the country to meet domestic demand in combating the pandemic, but it was also able to provide strong support in the global fight.

Editor: Kim Taylor