Arms Control

Arms control is exercised by countries or international organizations through bilateral or multilateral treaties to restrict the development, testing, production, deployment, use or transfer of weaponry systems, or to put a limit on the size of militaries, in order to reduce any risk associated with military presence, and put the use of force under restrictions in case of war. 

China attaches great importance to and actively participates in global arms control process, supports the crucial role of the United Nations, other international organizations and multilateral mechanisms in global arms control, and calls for efforts to strengthen existing multilateral arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation regimes. China endeavors to accommodate other countries' legitimate security concerns and maintain global strategic balance and stability.

On nuclear disarmament, China always advocates the complete prohibition and destruction of nuclear weapons. With respect to nonproliferation, China stands firm against the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems, and participates in all international treaties on nonproliferation and related international organizations. 

On prohibition of chemical and biological weapons, China is fully committed to the obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention and has established corresponding implementation mechanisms. With regard to prevention of arms race in outer space, the Chinese government calls for peaceful use of outer space, and is opposed to its militarization and any arms race there. 

On conventional weapons control, China strictly abides by its obligations under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and its protocols, including submission of annual national reports reviewing its efforts to implement the Convention and its Protocol on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices. 

Regarding transparency in military spending and registration of transfers of conventional arms, China joined the UN Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures in 2007 and resumed submission of annual reports to the UN Register of Conventional Arms the same year in an effort to build trust among countries. 

軍備控制

軍備控制，是指國家或國際組織通過雙邊或多邊國際條約對武器系統(tǒng)的研究、試驗(yàn)、生產(chǎn)、部署、使用及轉(zhuǎn)讓或軍隊(duì)規(guī)模等進(jìn)行的限制，目的在于減輕軍事存在的危險(xiǎn)性和一旦戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)時(shí)進(jìn)行相對的克制。

中國重視并積極參與國際軍備控制進(jìn)程，主張充分發(fā)揮聯(lián)合國及其他相關(guān)國際組織和多邊機(jī)制作用，鞏固和加強(qiáng)現(xiàn)有多邊軍控、裁軍和防擴(kuò)散體系，尊重和照顧各國正當(dāng)合理安全關(guān)切，維護(hù)全球戰(zhàn)略平衡和穩(wěn)定。在核裁軍方面，中國一貫主張全面禁止和徹底銷毀核武器。在防擴(kuò)散方面，中國堅(jiān)決反對大規(guī)模殺傷性武器及其運(yùn)載工具擴(kuò)散，參加了防擴(kuò)散領(lǐng)域所有的國際條約和相關(guān)國際組織。在禁止化學(xué)、生物武器方面，中國認(rèn)真履行《禁止化學(xué)武器公約》《禁止生物武器公約》的各項(xiàng)義務(wù)，建立了相應(yīng)的履約機(jī)制。在防止外空軍備競賽方面，中國政府一貫主張和平利用外空，反對外空武器化和外空軍備競賽。在常規(guī)武器軍控方面，中國嚴(yán)格履行《特定常規(guī)武器公約》及其議定書規(guī)定的各項(xiàng)義務(wù)，按要求提交公約及其所附《地雷議定書》年度履約報(bào)告。在軍費(fèi)透明和常規(guī)武器轉(zhuǎn)讓登記方面，中國從2007年起參加聯(lián)合國軍費(fèi)透明制度，同年起恢復(fù)參加聯(lián)合國常規(guī)武器登記冊并提交年度報(bào)告，致力于增進(jìn)與世界各國的軍事互信。此外，中國始終將軍隊(duì)的數(shù)量和規(guī)模控制在維護(hù)國家安全需要的最低限度，多次主動采取單方面的裁軍行動。