Xinhua
13 May 2022, 21:35 GMT+10
SHANGHAI, May 13 (Xinhua) -- General Electric's healthcare arm in China is ramping up production of contrast media used in computed tomography imaging after a brief hiatus caused by the COVID-19 epidemic to meet rising global demand.
GE Healthcare in China told Xinhua on Friday that the company's plant in Shanghai has resumed about half of its usual manufacturing capacity, and production will further accelerate in the coming weeks to recover capacity.
The plant's production lines halted in late March as Shanghai tightened epidemic control and prevention measures to curb the latest COVID-19 upsurge, and production resumed in late April, said the firm.
"We are ramping up production of iodine contrast agents to meet the need of our customers and patients worldwide," noted a person in charge. "We expect to return to full capacity as soon as possible."
Located in the Pudong New Area, GE Healthcare's manufacturing facilities in Shanghai make up more than half of the company's global output of contrast agents.
Shanghai has continued to promote the resumption of work and production amid the COVID-19 flare-ups. Currently, about half of the city's more than 9,000 major industrial firms, each with annual business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.9 million U.S. dollars), have resumed production, according to data from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology.
Get a daily dose of China National News news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to China National News.
More InformationLONDON, U.K.: Physically backed gold exchange-traded funds recorded their most significant semi-annual inflow since the first half...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Some 32 percent of global semiconductor production could face climate change-related copper supply disruptions...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rebounded Tuesday with all the major indices gaining ground. Markets in the UK, Europe and Canada...
NEW YORK CITY, New York: Financial markets kicked off the week on a cautious note as President Donald Trump rolled out a fresh round...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: At a two-day summit over the weekend, the BRICS bloc of emerging economies issued a joint declaration condemning...
LONDON, U.K.: This week, BP appointed Simon Henry, former Shell finance chief, to its board as a non-executive director effective September...
HONG KONG: China has fired back at the European Union in an escalating trade dispute by imposing new restrictions on medical device...
(250711) -- KUALA LUMPUR, July 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the...
(Photo credit: Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Journeyman Chan Kim fired a career-low, 9-under-par...
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar urged Indian businesses to expand globally, not only in markets but...
Representatives of women's organizations and networks that were part of the first delegation of gender experts at the talks in Havana...
(Photo credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images) Tobin Heath, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup champion with the United States...