In one week, Beijing sets up factory to make 10 million masks a month

Employees at a factory in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, work around the clock to produce masks to replenish supplies in the fight against the novel coronavirus. TANG DEHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY

BEIJING, Feb 6, China Daily/ANN -- A new factory capable of producing 10 million masks every month was completed and commenced trial production in Beijing on Monday, as China continued its efforts to tackle the novel coronavirus epidemic.

The Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area said Lianhe Kangli, a medical device company, started trial operations on Monday in Beijing ETown, in Daxing district of the capital.