On January 18, 2022, the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement on the vaccine cold storage project donated by Sinovac donated Egyptian biological products and vaccine companies was held both online and offline. Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang was invited to the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population to attend the ceremony.

According to the agreement signed by the two parties, Sinovac plans to build a fully automated cold storage in Egypt that can store 150 million doses of vaccines. After the cold storage is completed, it will become the largest vaccine storage center in Egypt and even in Africa. During the period, Liao Liqiang met with Egypt's Acting Minister of Health and Population Jafar, and the two sides exchanged views on strengthening vaccine cooperation.

Liao Liqiang said that China-Egypt anti-epidemic cooperation has continued to deepen, and vaccine cooperation has seen many bright spots. China is willing to continue to work with Egypt to strengthen confidence and help each other in the same boat. China will donate another batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Egypt to help Egypt achieve its goal of vaccinating 70% of its population by mid-2022 as soon as possible, and build a "Great Wall of Health" for the Egyptian people.

Jafar said that Egypt is grateful to China for its strong help in Egypt's fight against the epidemic. China's pragmatic measures to provide Egypt with a new batch of vaccines fully demonstrate the firm determination of Egypt and China to fight the epidemic in solidarity and the Chinese people's commitment to the Egyptian people. of sincere feelings. Egypt is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of localized production of vaccines, technology transfer, and drug research and development, so as to make greater contributions to the fight against the epidemic in African fraternal countries. Editor/Sang Xiaomei