Recently, the responsible comrades of the state health insurance bureau interviewed journalists about the price of COVID-19 vaccine, the impact of purchasing vaccines on the medical insurance fund, and so on. Q: what is the current price of domestic vaccines? A: since the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, the National Health Insurance Bureau has resolutely implemented the Central Committee's decision making plan, aiming at "people first and life foremost". In February 2021, the state officially launched the free vaccination of COVID-19 vaccine. The cost of vaccine procurement and vaccination was mainly borne by the medical insurance fund and finance. At the same time, the state health insurance agency temporarily undertook the work of negotiating and consulting with the enterprises about the purchase price of vaccines. In the early stage of free vaccination, the production of COVID-19 vaccine is limited and the capacity is insufficient. The contradiction between supply and demand is very prominent worldwide. The National Medical Insurance Bureau insisted on taking epidemic prevention and control as the first priority, repeatedly communicated and coordinated with domestic vaccine manufacturers, and reduced the purchase price of inactivated vaccine to no more than 90 yuan / dose in the first round, which was lower than the international price provided by enterprises as a whole. After that, we negotiated with the enterprise for many times to promote the continuous price reduction of the enterprise, which has successively decreased to about 40 yuan / dose and 20 yuan / dose. At the same time, cooperate with relevant departments to coordinate vaccine manufacturers with strong production capacity and large supply to provide 600 million doses of vaccine free of charge, so as to promote them to fulfill their social responsibilities. Recently, the National Medical Insurance Bureau has organized negotiations with enterprises again, and the new agreed price has been reduced to a lower level. Q: will universal free vaccination affect the smooth operation of medical insurance funds? A: at present, China has been vaccinated with 3.2 billion doses of vaccine, and the cost of vaccine is more than 120 billion yuan, which is shared by the medical insurance fund and the finance. The cost of vaccine is within the affordable range of the medical insurance fund. It is precisely because vaccination funds and other aspects are in place that among the world's most populous countries, China has the fastest vaccination speed and the widest coverage. In the next step, the National Medical Insurance Bureau will continue to do a good job in cost guarantee in combination with the needs of epidemic prevention and control, so as to serve the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control. (Xinhua News Agency)