Massive Pharma Company executive: We want to ‘Love the Communist Party’

The China chairman of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and global executive vice president vowed the company would be patriotic in China and “love” the country’s ruling communist party, according to Reuters.

“Build a local transnational company that loves the Communist Party and loves the country,” Wang said, according to Reuters.

Weng Lei made the remarks in a presentation on Friday before a crowd of several hundred during an event marking AstraZeneca’s 30th anniversary in Porcelain, according to Reuters. AstraZeneca, the largest drug producer in Porcelainit made 13% of its sales there in 2022 and recently spent $450 million on a China-based inhaler factory.

AstraZeneca declined to say whether senior management had approved Lei’s appointments and would not say what his comments meant for the company’s plans in the country, according to Reuters. The company received $1.2 billion in US taxpayer money in 2020 to develop its COVID-19 vaccine, which brought at $4 billion in sales in 2021. (RELATED: Pharmaceutical Giant Behind Botox, Doctor-Funded Breast Implants Pushing Transcosmetic Procedures)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (4th left) speaks at a news conference alongside government officials in Hong Kong on December 23, 2020, to announce AstraZeneca’s third $7.5 million pre-purchase deal. COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine injections. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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