Chinese defense companies are making machines for medical supplies using technologies originally intended for designs and manufacfuring of advanced weapons such as J-20 stealth fighter jets to ease the shortage of face masks and protective suits amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

Their participation in the fight against the pandemic shows China's powerful strategic mobilization capability in an emergency event, analysts said on Monday.

Using the same digital designing technology to develop the J-20 stealth fighter jet, AVIC was able to design a fully automatic face mask machine in only three days, and the first prototype was completed 16 days later, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Friday.

This machine by AVIC can produce 100 masks a minute, non-stop for 24 hours, CCTV reported, noting that four sets of such machine have already been delivered to face mask factories across China, and 20 more are expected to be delivered by the end of March, which could make three million face masks a day.