On December 18th, local time in Colombia, a signing ceremony was held between the Municipality of Bogotá and SINOVAC. Claudia López Hernández, Mayor of Bogota, and Weidong Yin, Chairman, President and CEO of SINOVAC, signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of the two parties for the Bogota Vaccine Plant Project and announced the official launch of BogotáBio, a joint venture company jointly funded by the two parties. The Bogotá Vaccine Factory project will promote the localized production of a variety of vaccines in Colombia as well as the research and development of new vaccines and innovations, thereby enhancing the local capacity to respond to infectious diseases and prepare for the next pandemic.

The signing ceremony was attended by Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán, Chinese Ambassador to Colombia Zhu Jingyang, Colombian Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Quintero, and nearly 60 guests from the Colombian central government, Bogota city government, PAHO and other organizations.

After the outbreak of the COVID epidemic, the COVID vaccine CoronaVac® developed by SINOVAC has become a powerful tool to help Colombia fight the epidemic, and has also been widely praised by the Colombian public. From February 20, 2021, when the first batch of CoronaVac® arrived in Bogota, SINOVAC has supplied more than 27 million doses of CoronaVac® to Colombia, and has conducted a number of real-world studies related to the COVID vaccine in collaboration with local partners.

China-Colombia vaccine cooperation has been highly regarded and supported by the leaders of both countries. On March 20, 2021 local time, as the third batch of COVID vaccine supplied by China to Colombia arrived in Bogota, President Xi Jinping delivered a video address to the Colombian people at the invitation of Colombian President Duque. In his speech, President Xi Jinping expressed his hope that the governments and people of China and Colombia will make joint efforts to strengthen friendship and cooperation in various fields, including anti-epidemic, so as to promote China-Colombia friendship and cooperation to a new level from a new historical starting point for the betterment of the people of the two countries. The cooperation between the City of Bogota and SINOVAC on vaccines will help Colombia realize the localized production of vaccines and make vaccines more accessible, thus better enhancing the health and well-being of the Colombian people.

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