On the evening of August 5, 2021, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi presided over the first meeting of the International Forum on New Crown Vaccine Cooperation.
Wang Yi said that President Xi Jinping announced that China will strive to provide 2 billion doses of vaccines to the world this year and donate US$100 million to the "New Crown Vaccine Implementation Plan". This is another major move by China to implement its global public product commitments for vaccines. It will also make new contributions to China's global anti-epidemic cooperation.
At present, the world is still in the midst of a pandemic of the new crown pneumonia, the virus is still raging and mutating, and fighting the epidemic is still a top priority.
In the battle between humans and viruses, vaccines are of the utmost importance. They should be distributed fairly and rationally around the world, without leaving every country or individual behind, and truly becoming a vaccine for the people.
This is not only necessary to overcome the epidemic, but also the international morality.
However, the problems of insufficient global vaccine production capacity, uneven distribution, and unbalanced vaccination are still prominent, and the phenomenon of "immunization gap" deserves great attention from the international community.
To win this struggle concerning the future and destiny of mankind, we can only have unity and cooperation.
Wang Yi emphasized that China does not seek any political goals in international vaccine cooperation, does not have any economic calculations, and never attaches any political conditions.
Our only goal is to make vaccines become a global public product, truly become a vaccine for the people of the world, and help the world overcome the epidemic at an early date.