The country signed an agreement with GAVI, co-leader of the alliance, on Thursday, announced China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. Initially, China did not agree to subscribe to the alliance, with the overall deadline for subscribing in September.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement that “we are taking this concrete step to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, especially in the upcoming countries, and we hope that more capable countries will also register and help COVAX. “
The precise terms of China’s agreement and contribution are not yet clear. The country’s leader, Xi Jinping, had said in the past that China would make the vaccine a global public good.
The alliance is designed for richer countries to agree to buy potential vaccines and financial assistance for access to the poorest. Trump’s leadership in the United States had refused to sign the alliance.
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