How China's oil giants are contributing to anti-virus efforts

People would have never associated China's oil giants with masks without the epidemic, said a vice-chairman of the country's state assets regulator on Tuesday.

"Polypropylene produced by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) is the raw material of meltblown, which is exactly the material used for producing masks and protective garments," Ren Hongbin, deputy head of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), told reporters during a recent press conference in Beijing.

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How China's oil giants are contributing to anti-virus efforts