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Photo
taken on Dec. 23, 2020 shows the packing line for inactivated COVID-19
vaccine of Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, in
Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) China is expected to produce more than 3 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses this year, an official said Tuesday. The
country's current production capacity is around 5 billion vaccine doses
annually, said Zheng Zhongwei, head of the working group for vaccine
development under the State Council joint prevention and control
mechanism against COVID-19. Speaking
at a sub-forum of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference, Zheng said
that, when the outbreak happened, China immediately focused on research
and development for a COVID-19 vaccine. The country chose to conduct research work on 12 types of vaccines from 10 research units across the country, Zheng said. China will supply more vaccines globally in the latter half of 2021, he added.
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