In 2021, a record increase in the number of residents of the Great Stone Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park was recorded. First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov told reporters this, BelTA has learned.

“In 2021, although this is both a sanctioned and a post-rule year, we actually saw a record increase in residents - 21 residents registered in the park. Today there are 85 of them, of which 43 are from the People's Republic of China with a total investment of $ 1.2 billion. to all the complexities of the world agenda and external aggressive influences on our country, we see that active relations with China are being implemented. This will be the case in the future, "Nikolai Snopkov emphasized.

He said that cooperation of Belarusian enterprises with large Chinese corporations continues and as an example he mentioned MAZ-Weichai, joint projects for the production of auto components and electronics are being implemented. In addition, the Great Stone Park will actively develop cooperation in the field of pharmaceuticals, in particular, through traditional Chinese medicine and the production of a vaccine against COVID-19.

Source: Minsk-region.gov.by

Belarus has produced a pilot series of Sputnik V and Sputnik Light full-cycle vaccines, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

“Belmedpreparaty company has completed an important stage of a joint Belarusian-Russian project - full-cycle production of Sputnik V vaccine. On 22 December the Belarusian enterprise produced the first validation series of Sputnik V and Sputnik Light,” said the press service.

This batch is scheduled to be sent to the Gamaleya Institute in Russia for quality control on 23 December. “These samples will be used to study the stability of the vaccine during storage,” the press service said.

Source: BelTA

Another plane carrying the vaccine against COVID-19 took off from Beijing to Belarus on 22 December, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in China.

"Another batch of COVID-19 vaccine produced by Vero Cell Corporation is on its way to Belarus," the embassy said. "The cargo includes 1.1 million doses of the vaccine purchased by Belarus."

The cargo is delivered by an aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

The Vero Cell vaccine has already established itself as an effective tool against the novel coronavirus infection. It also helps to avoid a severe course of the disease and complications.

According to the Chinese side, the vaccine is effective against the new variants of COVID-19 and can be used in children aged 3-17.

Source: BelTA