(Yicai Global) Aug. 18 -- Shares of some Chinese vaccine makers jumped this morning after the chairman of unlisted China National Pharmaceutical Group said that its inactivated Covid-19 vaccine could enter the market by the end of this year.

Junzheng Energy & Chemical Group [SHA: 601216], which has an over 30 percent stake in Hebei province-based Dan Pharmaceutical, jumped by the daily limit of 10 percent. Meanwhile, China National Medicines [SHA: 600511] rose 9.08 percent and Kangtai Biological Products [SHE: 300601] climbed 3.4 percent.

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