Coronavirus: China bans two medical equipment exporters for ‘tarnishing the country’s image’
- Two Chinese firms have been banned from selling medical equipment after they were found to have exported defective products, the commerce ministry says
- Both firms started trading in medical products after a sharp increase in demand due to the global fight against the coronavirus outbreak
Beijing has banned two companies from exporting medical equipment after they were found to be selling poor quality products and “seriously tarnishing China’s national image”.
Shenzhen-based Aibaoda Technology and Beijing-based Tus Data Asset, two little known players in the medical equipment industry, will no longer be able to export products relating to the control of Covid-19 after overseas buyers returned their goods, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Monday.
The ministry did not offer details on the faulty equipment sold by the two companies, but neither had worked with medical products until recently.
Aibaoda, a 15-employee company backed by Taiwanese audiovisual firm Aipo International, previously sold earphones, microphones and loudspeakers, while Tus Data Asset developed blockchain technology and electronic equipment.