China's top drug regulator approves Sinopharm's mpox vaccine for clinical trials, potentially marking the country's first experimental dose. The vaccine, developed by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, is based on the MVA strain, similar to the Jynneos vaccine approved by the FDA. Currently, no mpox vaccine is approved in China, while globally, a few are approved in the US, Canada, EU, Japan, and Russia. The World Health Organisation declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern.