beijing china has launched a digital covid19 vaccination certificate for its citizens planning crossborder travels joining other countries issuing similar documents as they seek ways to reopen their economiesas vaccines are globally being rolled out a few countries including bahrain have already introduced certificates identifying vaccinated people and the european union agreed to develop vaccine passports under pressure from tourismdependent southern countriesthe certificate issued by china will have details about the holders covid19 vaccination information and coronavirus test results the department of consular affairs under chinas foreign ministry said on its websiteforeign minister wang yi said on sunday the aim of the certificate is to achieve mutual verification of information such as nucleic acid testing and vaccination and contribute to safe and orderly interaction of peopleit is not immediately clear with which countries china is talking to get its covid19 certificate recognisedchina also has yet announced any relaxation of quarantine restrictions for people arriving in china who are vaccinated against covid19existing quarantine requirements should remain in place for people arriving in china as it is possible that vaccinated people can still be infected by the virus a spokesman with chinas national health commission said in february