BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese legislator has stressed the need to actively promote work on vaccine research, development and production, making best use of vaccines to prevent and contain infectious diseases, especially in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.

Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, made the remarks Tuesday at a symposium on implementing the law on vaccine management, which went into effect on Dec. 1, 2019.

Vaccines are the most effective and economical way of preventing and containing infectious diseases, Wang said, adding that the law on vaccine management has provided strong legal guarantees for the healthy development of China's vaccines.

Wang also urged for making headway on COVID-19 vaccine research, development, production and supply, and called for safe and effective vaccines to win the battle against COVID-19.