Reports by Chinese state media that all Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders received domestic vaccines has met with disbelief among Chinese internet users.
According to a July 23 report by Xinhua News Agency, the deputy director of China’s National Health Commission, Zeng Yixin, declared at a press conference that “current Party and state leaders” had all been vaccinated to protect themselves against COVID-19, and that they had received only domestic vaccines.
Zeng said this demonstrates that the CCP leaders attach great importance to the prevention and control of the epidemic and have great trust in the domestic vaccines.
Show That Leaders Trust Domestic Vaccines
Zeng’s announcement immediately triggered debates online, with people commenting that, if the leaders have been vaccinated and have a high level of trust in domestic vaccines, then when will the country open up, and when will the nucleic acid tests stop? Otherwise, where is the trust, where is the confidence, and what’s the point of having a vaccine?…