CoronaVac adalah [[vaksin inaktif]] yang menggunakan teknologi serupa, tetapi lebih tradisional tradisional, dibandingkan dengan [[BBIBP-CorV]] dan [[BBV152]], vaksin virus inaktif COVID-19 lainnya yang juga sedang dalam uji coba tahap III.<ref name="bbc._Covi">{{Cite web|date=16 December 2020|title=Covid: What do we know about China's coronavirus vaccines?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55212787|access-date=18 December 2020|agency=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="tech">{{Cite news|date=2020-06-10|title=Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref> CoronaVac tidak perlu dibekukan, dan baik vaksin maupun bahan mentah untuk merumuskan dosis baru dapat diangkut dan didinginkan pada {{Convert|2|-|8|C}}, seperti suhu penyimpanan vaksin flu.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-01|title=CoronaVac: Doses will come from China on nine flights and can...<!--sic-->|url=https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5246732/CoronaVac-Doses-will-come-from-China-on-nine-flights-and-can.html|website=AlKhaleej Today|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216072629/https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5246732/CoronaVac-Doses-will-come-from-China-on-nine-flights-and-can.html|archive-date=16 December 2020|access-date=2020-11-01|url-status=live}}</ref> CoronaVac dapat tetap stabil hingga tiga tahun dalam penyimpanan, yang mungkin memberikan beberapa keuntungan saat vaksin didistribusikan ke wilayah yang tidak memungkinkan rantai dingin dijaga dengan baik.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Staff|date=2020-09-07|title=China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine candidate appears safe, slightly weaker in elderly|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-sinovac-idUSKBN25Y1QM|work=Reuters|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007191846/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-sinovac-idUSKBN25Y1QM|archive-date=7 October 2020|access-date=2020-10-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
