Under strict standards, local automobile makers, smartphone assemblers and producers of baby care products have purchased new production lines or transformed part of their existing, dust-free assembly plants overnight to produce crucial medical supplies.

"With existing dust-free plants, carmakers are also eager to help address the shortage of masks.

In Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, four production lines have been put into use, with a daily output of 500,000 masks after reconstruction in a 2,000-square-meter, dust-free workshop at SGMW, a joint car venture of General Motors and Liuzhou Wuling Motors founded in 2002.

These companies are either purchasing new production lines, or temporarily transforming their existing dust-free assembly lines to produce crucial medical equipment, so as to meet the surging demand for medical masks and protective suits in China.

Under strict standards, these companies are either purchasing new production lines, or temporarily transforming their existing dust-free assembly lines to produce crucial medical equipment, so as to meet the surging demand for medical masks and protective suits in China.

"In Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 12 production lines, including four for N95 facial masks and eight for surgical masks, will be put into operation by the end of February after reconstruction in a 2,000-square-meter dust-free workshop in SGMW, a joint venture between General Motors and Liuzhou Wuling Motors founded in 2002.

In addition, by placing servers in sealed watertight cabins on the seabed, it is easier for a UDC to ensure a stable and safe operating environment since the sealed cabins are oxygen and dust-free, and can provide constant temperatures, humidity and pressure conditions for the servers inside and therefore guarantee physical data security.

Fang Jing, chief electronics analyst at Cinda Securities, said most semiconductor manufacturing plants are dust-free, which makes them less vulnerable to virus infection.

Fang Jing, chief electronics analyst at Cinda Securities, said most wafer manufacturing plants are dust-free, which makes them less vulnerable to virus infection.