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China supports Jakarta’s efforts to become the centre for vaccine production in Southeast Asia, Indonesia Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan said after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Indonesia has the strongest capacity for vaccine production in Southeast Asia, Wang said, according to a statement issued by Pandjaitan after the two held a discussion. Wang will support China’s companies to step up cooperation, according to the statement.
Volunteers in Indonesia’s city of Bandung, the capital of West Java province, are already taking part in trials for a vaccine being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is also working on its own inoculation, called the Merah Putih vaccine, as it
seeks to ensure there are enough doses for its 270 million population.