ADVOCATE NO-FIRST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
　　　DEVOTED TO PREVENTING NUCLEAR WAR

 
China will never be
the first to use nuclear weapons at any
time and under any circumstance.

From the Chinese Government Statement
on 16 October 1964

 
＃　To prevent and eliminate the danger of nuclear war, Chinese Government solemnly announced in 1964 that it would never be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstance. China has thereafter undertaken unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones. China is the only nuclear-weapon state that has made and still abided by such a commitment so far.

 

＃　 China actively pushes forward the conclusion of a multilateral treaty on mutual no-first use of nuclear weapons. In January 1994, China formally submitted a draft treaty on the No-First Use of Nuclear Weapons to US, Russia, France and Britain and suggested a consultation between the five nuclear-weapon states at an early date.

＃　 China has been actively seeking support of the other nuclear-weapon states to undertake the no-first use commitment on bilateral basis. On September 4, 1994, in their declaration, Presidents of China and Russia undertook not to be the first to use nuclear weapons against each other or target their nuclear weapons at each other.

＃　 China agrees that, as an integral part of the nuclear disarmament process, some confidence-building measures are necessary before comprehensive ban and thorough elimination of nuclear weapons. These measures can be taken into consideration under the framework of a complete prohibition of nuclear weapons convention.


¢CHINA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

¢PROMOTE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, WORK FOR COMPLETE
PROHIBITION AND THOROUGH DESTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

¢STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME,
DEVOTED TO PREVENTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION

¢SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES,
DEVOTED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WORLD PEACE

¢CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN

¢THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT