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China, OPCW holds forum on international chemicals export control

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

China and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) opened a two-day forum in Rizhao, Shandong province from Thursday to Friday.

The forum will cover export control, trade regulation and other chemical issues, and will enhance international exchanges and cooperation in this area, according to a Foreign Ministry press release.

Around 40 representatives from 21 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) states attended the forum.

The CWC entered into force in 1997, playing an irreplaceable role in disarmament and chemical weapons nonproliferation. The OPCW was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in The Hague. Endi