What Has China Done in Three Years of Fighting against COVID-19!

It has been over three years since the outbreak of COVID-19. With the virus mutating, severe cases and mortality caused by the Omicron variant have significantly dropped, indicating a milestone in the global fight against COVID. During the past 3 years, China had effectively protected the lives of its people and contributed its wisdom and strength to this global fight.

China has always safeguarded the health of its people. Over the past 3 years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government have struck a balance between prevention measures and socioeconomic development, drawing on China’s conditions to formulate policies that were in the best interests of the general public. As a result, China has experienced the lowest number of COVID deaths among the world’s major countries. What some have labeled as the “failure of the dynamic zero-COVID policy” is nothing more than a fallacy without a shred of truth. At the height of the virus’ deadliest period, China mobilized all its resources and spared no expense to protect the health of its people, which has contributed to the fight against the pandemic of people all over the world. Whether it was a newborn baby or a centenarian, China’s policy ensured that no infected person was left behind and no patient was abandoned. The concept of “putting the people and their lives above all else” has been consistent.

China has worked vigorously to implement mass vaccination. More than a dozen kinds of vaccines are available in China, spanning a wide range of technologies and modes of vaccination, with an annual production capacity of 7 billion doses. China’s full vaccination rate is already over 90%, and the rates for those over 60 or 80 are 85% and 65% respectively. China has administered 3.4 billion doses of the vaccine, protecting its people through the most dangerous period. The Chinese vaccines have proven to be fully effective and prevented millions of lives from being lost. The unwarranted questioning of Chinese vaccines is an attempt to defy science and discredit China. China is enhancing its vaccines to improve efficacy and to better respond to the mutations.

China has championed international cooperation. No country can stand alone in the face of the pandemic. To date, China has supplied more than 2.2 billion doses of vaccines to more than 150 countries and international organizations, as well as hundreds of billions pieces of medical supplies to 153 countries and 15 international organizations. China is the first country that pledged to make COVID vaccines a global public good, to support intellectual property rights (IPR) exemptions for vaccine R&D, and to cooperate with other developing countries in the vaccine manufacturing process. In this way, China has made important contributions to address the distribution deficit and the immunization gap, demonstrating its commitment to fulfilling its international responsibility.