Source: People’s Daily Online-People’s Daily
Beijing, March 22 (Reporter Zhao Yongxin) The BRICS Vaccine Research and Development Center was launched online on the 22nd. The deepening of exchanges and cooperation in cooperative factory building, authorized production, and mutual recognition of standards marks another solid step for the BRICS countries to strengthen cooperation in public health and vaccine research and development.
China’s Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang said at the BRICS Vaccine R&D Center Online Launch Ceremony and Vaccine Cooperation Seminar held on the same day that the BRICS countries are a model of emerging markets and developing countries for joint self-improvement. A key force in advancing global governance. We will take the launch of the BRICS vaccine research and development center as an opportunity to deepen exchanges and cooperation, build a “BRICS line of defense” to fight the epidemic, and demonstrate the “BRICS responsibility” to promote cooperation in fighting the epidemic.
At the launching ceremony, the five national centers of the BRICS Vaccine R&D Center jointly put forward the initiative of “Strengthening Vaccine Cooperation and Building Anti-epidemic Defense Lines”: to distribute vaccines as a global public good in a fair and reasonable manner, and to ensure vaccines Accessibility and affordability in developing countries, and expressed that it will strengthen joint research and development to improve the BRICS countries’ ability to prevent and control infectious diseases and respond to public health events. The initiative particularly emphasizes openness and welcomes more partners to join.
People’s Daily (March 23, 2022 03 edition)