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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-033664
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180611
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180611
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180611

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SINOVAC BIOTECH LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001084201
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			B9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32371
		FILM NUMBER:		18891080

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 15 ZHI TONG ROAD,
		STREET 2:		ZHONGGUANCUN TECH PARK, CHANGPING DISTR.
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102200
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86-10-82890088

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 15 ZHI TONG ROAD,
		STREET 2:		ZHONGGUANCUN TECH PARK, CHANGPING DISTR.
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102200

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NET FORCE SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19991110
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">For the month of June 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt">SINOVAC
BIOTECH LTD.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">No. 15 Zhi Tong Road</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Changping District</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Beijing 102200, People&rsquo;s Republic
of China</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:</P>

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20-F </FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT> </FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&#9;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">SINOVAC BIOTECH LTD.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">By:</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: June 11, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white; color: #373737"><B>SINOVAC
BIOTECH RELAUNCHES COMPANY WEBSITE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #373737">BEIJING,&nbsp;June 11, 2018&nbsp;/PRNewswire/
-- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:&nbsp;SVA</FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #373737">) (&quot;Sinovac&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;),
a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in&nbsp;China, today announced that the company has relaunched its website,</FONT>
at www.sinovacbio.com<FONT STYLE="color: #373737">. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #373737">On April 30, 2018, the Company temporarily blocked
access to its websites upon discovering that Aihua Pan, the Chairman of the Board of the Company&rsquo;s controlled Chinese subsidiary,
Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd. (&quot;Sinovac Beijing&quot;), who was appointed by Sinobioway Biomedicine Co., Ltd. (&ldquo;Sinobioway&rdquo;),
the minority shareholder of Sinovac Beijing, inappropriately and without authorization seized control of the Company&rsquo;s websites.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #373737">The relaunched website
will allow all regulators, shareholders, customers, employees, and other interested stakeholders to access relevant materials,
as the Company moves forward in its mission to develop vaccines that enhance health in China and around the world and create shareholder
value.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #373737"><B>About Sinovac</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="color: #373737">Sinovac
Biotech Ltd. is a&nbsp;China-based biopharmaceutical Company that focuses on the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization
of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases. Sinovac's product portfolio includes vaccines against enterovirus71,
or EV71, hepatitis A and B, seasonal influenza, H5N1 pandemic influenza (avian flu), H1N1 influenza (swine flu), and mumps. Healive,
the hepatitis A vaccine manufactured by the Company has passed the assessment under WHO Prequalification procedures in 2017. The
EV71 vaccine, an innovative vaccine developed by Sinovac against hand foot and mouth disease caused by EV71, was commercialized
in&nbsp;China&nbsp;in 2016. In 2009, Sinovac was the first company worldwide to receive approval for its H1N1 influenza vaccine,
which it has supplied to the Chinese Government's vaccination campaign and stockpiling program. The Company is also the only supplier
of the H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine to the government stockpiling program. The Company is developing a number of new products
including a Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccine, pneumococcal polysaccharides vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and varicella
vaccine. Sinovac primarily sells its vaccines in&nbsp;China, while also exploring growth opportunities in international markets.
The Company has exported select vaccines to over 10 countries in&nbsp;Asiaand South America.&nbsp;For more information, please
visit the Company's website at </FONT>www.sinovacbio.com<FONT STYLE="color: #373737">.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Safe Harbor Statement</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">This announcement may include certain
statements that are not descriptions of historical facts, but are forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the
&quot;safe harbor&quot; provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
can be identified by terminology such as &quot;will,&quot; &quot;expects,&quot; &quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;future,&quot; &quot;intends,&quot;
&quot;plans,&quot; &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;estimates&quot; and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any such statements</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Contact</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Sinovac Biotech Ltd.</B><BR>
Helen Yang<BR>
Tel: +86-10-8279-9871<BR>
Fax: +86-10-6296-6910<BR>
Email:&nbsp;ir@sinovac.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investors:&nbsp;<BR>
ICR Inc.</B><BR>
Bill Zima<BR>
Tel: 1-203--682-8233<BR>
Email:&nbsp;william.zima@icrinc.com</P>

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