China To Do More to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Accessible to Developing Countries, Says Xi

President Xi Jinping told attendees of the Boao Forum taking place on China’s southern Hainan Island on Tuesday that Beijing will increase the “accessibility and affordability” of vaccines for developing countries.

In typical fashion, the President did not provide any specifics on that promise, similar to his equally ambiguous May 2020 commitment to make Chinese vaccines available to poor countries as a “global public good.”

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