BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China will strive to provide 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world in 2021, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

In his address to an international coronavirus cooperation forum, Xi also said China was willing to donate $100 million to the COVAX global vaccine distribution scheme, according to the CCTV report.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; writing by Tom Daly; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ((tom.daly@thomsonreuters.com; +86 10 5669 2119;))