How Pfizer Helped Create The Chinese Vaccine Passport System

Vaccine maker Pfizer is reported to have joined hands with a Chinese Communist Party payment platform which has been used to implement the Chinese Vaccine Passports system in China since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer Inc, expressed its pride in the following tweet from June 6th, 2018:

“We are proud to stand with China leaders & @Alipay to introduce new, digital solutions to improve disease education and vaccine access-creating a brighter future for Chinese children,” the tweet reads.

“We are honored to be a partner in China’s ‘Internet + Vaccination’ initiative,” reads an accompanying graphic, quoting Pfizer’s China General Manager Wu Kun.

The message also revealed the firm’s partnership with a Chinese online payment platform, Alipay, which was originally founded as an offshoot of the Chinese Communist Party-linked company Alibaba.

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