China News Service, November 29. President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on the evening of the 29th and delivered a keynote speech.

  Xi Jinping announced that in order to achieve the AU target of 60% of the African population to be vaccinated against the new crown by 2022, China will provide Africa with another 1 billion doses of vaccine, of which 600 million doses will be free aid, and 400 million doses will be provided by Chinese companies and relevant African countries. Provided by means of national joint production.

China will also implement 10 medical and health projects for African countries, and send 1,500 medical team members and public health experts to Africa.

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