中國將向全球供應(yīng)更多疫苗

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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 about 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.
4月20日，國務(wù)院聯(lián)防聯(lián)控機(jī)制科研攻關(guān)組疫苗研發(fā)專班工作組組長鄭忠偉在博鰲亞洲論壇2021年年會分論壇上表示，目前中國新冠疫苗全年產(chǎn)能接近50億劑，預(yù)計今年產(chǎn)量超過30億劑。鄭忠偉表示，新冠肺炎疫情暴發(fā)后，中國第一時間開展疫苗研發(fā)，在全國優(yōu)選了10家科研單位的12種疫苗全面推進(jìn)科研攻關(guān)。

China will supply more vaccines globally in the latter half of 2021, he added.
預(yù)計今年下半年，中國將向全球供應(yīng)更多疫苗。