China has over decades adopted strict measures on the domestic
management and export control of sensitive items and technologies,
making concrete contribution to the international nonproliferation
process, a senior Chinese diplomat said in the United Nations
Monday.
The statement came as Hu Xiaodi, the Chinese ambassador on
disarmament, took the floor at the general debate of the First
Committee of the 57th General Assembly session. The committee is in
charge of the disarmament and international security affairs.
"China has always been firm in its policy of not supporting,
encouraging or assisting other countries to develop weapons of mass
destruction (WMD)," he said. "China is fully aware of its
international nonproliferation responsibility."
For years, China has constantly improved its export control
mechanism and promulgated a series of laws and regulations on the
export control of sensitive items on the basis of its own practice
and drawing upon the experience of other countries, he said.
In
view of the new situation after its entry into the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, China has
intensified its efforts to enhance its export control by legal
means, he said.
Recently, the Chinese government promulgated "the Regulations on
Export Control of Missiles and Missile-related Items and
Technologies" and "the Missiles and Missile-related Items and
Technologies Export Control List," he said.
"China has thus put its export control of missiles and related
items and technologies as well as missile-related dual-use items
and technologies into a legal framework," he said.
"We will establish a comprehensive system of export controls over
sensitive items covering nuclear, biological, chemical and missile
fields," he said. "We will continue to enhance law enforcement to
ensure full implementation of the existing laws and regulations,
and to improve our nonproliferation mechanism in light of the
changing situation."
"We would also broaden and deepen exchanges and cooperation with
other countries in the nonproliferation field so as to make greater
contribution to the international nonproliferation process," he
added.
The improvement of overall international relations is conducive to
the global efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction (WMD), Hu said.
"To prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
their delivery means and to eliminate those weapons eventually is
crucial for maintaining and enhancing international peace and
security," he said.
"The increasing threat of terrorism today has brought more urgency
to international nonproliferation efforts and new challenges to the
international nonproliferation regime," he said.
"The proliferation of WMD and their delivery means has complex
causes and is directly related to the regional and global security
environment," he said. "Its fundamental solution requires the
improvement of overall international relations and lies in
political, legal and diplomatic means."
"Use or threat of force does not help and would prove
counter-productive," he said.
"Full participation of and close cooperation among all states is
the prerequisite for the success of international nonproliferation
efforts, and the guarantee for the impartiality and sustainability
in these efforts," he said.
"In this regard, we should give full play to the role of the United
Nations and other international organizations," he said.
"Disarmament and nonproliferation are mutually complementary," he
said. "Without nonproliferation, disarmament could hardly be
achieved; without progress in disarmament, nonproliferation could
hardly be effective and sustainable."
(Xinhua News
Agency October 2, 2002)