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The types of masks mainly include ordinary gauze masks, medical masks, industrial dust masks, daily protective masks and protective masks. According to the shape, it is divided into three types: flat type, folding type and cup-shaped. Flat masks are easy to carry, but have poor tightness; Folding mask is convenient to carry; The cup-shaped breathing space is large, but it is not convenient to carry. According to the wearing method, it can be divided into head wearing type, ear wearing type and neck wearing type. It is divided into gauze masks, non-woven masks, cloth masks, paper masks and other material masks according to the materials used.
China is a large manufacturing country, producing about half of the world's masks. Before the outbreak, the maximum daily output of masks in China was more than 20 million. Data show that the output value of the mask industry in Chinese Mainland increased by more than 10% from 2015 to 2019. In 2019 before the epidemic, the production of masks in Chinese Mainland exceeded 5billion, with an output value of 10.235 billion yuan.
Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus in early 2020, a large number of upstream and downstream enterprises in the mask industry have collectively increased production, and some non mask industry enterprises have also deployed mask processing. China's mask production capacity has increased rapidly. With the normalization of epidemic control and the full liberalization of epidemic control abroad, the growth rate of demand for masks has decreased. As the largest exporter of mask products in China, the United States, China's export volume of mask products fell precipitously in 2021, and the excess mask production capacity caused by the massive expansion of production lines will face major adjustments.
Relevant enterprises in the upstream and downstream of China's mask industry should accelerate the transformation and capacity adjustment, and large-scale mask enterprises should develop in the direction of specialization and branding; Small and medium-sized enterprises are developing in the direction of differentiation and personalization. In addition, Chinese mask enterprises still need to lead their development with innovative technologies to improve their international competitiveness.