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China contributes to forging global consensus on nuclear security: experts

Xinhua, April 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

With inspiring ideas and proposals, China has helped the international community reach more consensus on nuclear security and gain better ability to counter nuclear terrorism, two arms control experts from China said here Friday.

Speaking at a briefing during the final day of the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) held here, Chen Kai, secretary-general of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), said China has adopted "a sensible, coordinated and balanced approach" to nuclear security.

The approach was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the third NSS in the Netherlands in 2014. At the fourth NSS this year, he made proposals and urged countries to increase national input and expand international cooperation to further firm up the global nuclear security architecture.

Zhu Xuhui, another expert from the CACDA, said that, guided by the approach outlined by Xi, China "has conducted substantive work in the field of nuclear security and made substantive progress in working with international bodies like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as concerned countries."

Zhu noted remarkable progress has been made in efforts to strengthen the management of nuclear and radioactive material, combat illicit trafficking of nuclear material and enhance nuclear emergency response capability, among others.

He lauded the launch in Beijing on March 18 of the Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security (COE), which was jointly financed and built by the Chinese and U.S. governments. It is the largest, best equipped and most advanced facility of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.

The NSS mechanism was initiated by Obama and headlined by four biennial summits since 2010. Leaders from 52 countries and four international organizations attended the 2016 NSS which was closed Friday.

Founded in 2001, the CACDA is a non-profit and non-governmental organization dealing with such issues as arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. Endi