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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，国务院联防联控机制科研攻关组疫苗研发专班工作组组长郑忠伟在博鳌亚洲论坛2021年年会分论坛上表示，目前中国新冠疫苗全年产能接近50亿剂，预计今年产量超过30亿剂。郑忠伟表示，新冠肺炎疫情暴发后，中国第一时间开展疫苗研发，在全国优选了10家科研单位的12种疫苗全面推进科研攻关。

China will supply more vaccines globally in the latter half of 2021, he added.
预计今年下半年，中国将向全球供应更多疫苗。