The Efforts Of The Shaoxing Merchants Finally Fell To The Ground, And 400 Thousand Masks Were Shipped From India To China Today.

Today, a plane with 400 thousand masks will take off from India and travel to another country to fly to China's Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. Yesterday, after hearing the news, Xia Yanhong, director of Shaoxing Wanke textile Limited by Share Ltd and executive director of the European Federation of overseas Chinese youth, sighed a long sigh of relief. "With the efforts of the Chinese authorities concerned, the India government has announced a partial lifting of the ban on export of personal protective materials to foreign countries, and the mask can finally be shipped back to China."

Looking for masks all over the world

In January 21st, Xia Yanhong took his 7 year old son to Mexico for vacation. At that time, there was not much information about the new crown pneumonia epidemic. "During the Spring Festival, my mother phoned me to say that there was a serious shortage of domestic masks. Is there any way to buy some donations?" She said, how difficult and difficult it is to purchase overseas epidemic prevention materials, and how many variables and adventures behind her, she did not realize at that time, "at that time, I told my mother about the sea: ensure that the task is completed!"

Xia Yanhong had been in business for more than 10 years, but he did not expect to be baffled by a mask. "With the continuous expansion of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, some overseas countries have also experienced a shortage of masks. If the big cities can't buy them, I will launch the employees in Mexico to buy them outside, and only more than 6000." She regrets that these days, from her eyes open in the morning to her eyes at night, there is only one theme in her life -- looking for masks.

"I spent almost all of my resources from the United States to buy and buy from Czech, and the reality is that many places can't buy money." Xia Yanhong said that he originally ordered 100 thousand masks in Czech and 300 thousand masks in the United States.

In February 3rd, Xia Yanhong and his mother came back to Shaoxing. "A couple of boxes are fitted with masks. They can bring back some of them." She said, on the second day of her return, she donated all the more than 3700 masks that she brought back to the Mashan street in Yuecheng district.

　　 400 thousand masks stranded in India

After returning to Shaoxing, Xia Yanhong did not stop looking for masks from abroad.

"Buying masks from abroad is not as simple as you think it is: on the one hand, we need to find professional organizations to confirm all kinds of testing reports of production enterprises; on the other hand, we need to provide Red Cross documents for returning home masks." She said.

After many twists and turns, she commissioned 150 thousand yuan to buy 100 thousand masks in Turkey. Moreover, "just 4 India employees have returned to India, and they have collected 400 thousand masks for me." She said she looked at the mask every day.

"Bad news is coming: some of the mask suppliers have gone back, and some flights to China have been cancelled. For example, in January 31st, the India government issued a ban on personal protective materials such as masks. How to return the mask to home has become the biggest problem. I contacted a lot of friends in India and said they couldn't do anything. I was anxious to think of the "human flesh back mask" back to China. Xia Yanhong said, more annoying is that some people heard that she had bought a mask abroad, through WeChat contact her, let her change the mask, "this is life-saving supplies, how can I sell?"

In February 9th, Xia Yanhong finally came to the good news that 100 thousand masks bought from Turkey were shipped back to China.

　 India to modify export ban

What about 400 thousand masks that stranded in India? Xia Yanhong, who is burning with anxiety, sent out help information on the Internet.

"A comrade from Shaoxing Foreign Affairs Office contacted me to verify the situation and report to the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office. The provincial foreign affairs office sent a letter to the Chinese Embassy in India. Everyone is helping me find a way." Xia Yanhong said that embassies, customs and India chambers of commerce were actively communicating with India, and "I was waiting to submit materials on the other side."

At about 11 in the evening of February 8th, Xia Yanhong finally came to the news of embassies and customs. This is a piece of good news -- the mask of India can be shipped back to China. Xia Yanhong read the news and learned that on the 8 day, the Ministry of Commerce and industry of India officially announced that the lifting of the ban in India included medical disposable masks, medical surgical masks and the export of all kinds of gloves except NBR gloves.

Immediately, Xia Yanhong contacted the staff in India to deliver the goods to the airport urgently. "The cargo was not on board, and it always felt unreliable. I checked the situation again and again to the parties concerned. The other side replied, we provide the most complete information, priority will be arranged for air freight. She said.

"All 400 thousand masks are donated to the domestic authorities where they need to be sent." Xia Yanhong relaxed in his tone when he said this.