| ¡¡SUPPORT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, ¡¡DEVOTED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WORLD PEACE |
¡ô¡¡China has always supported the efforts by countries concerned to establish nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) through consultation on voluntary basis and is of the view that it is an effective way to prevent nuclear proliferation by establishing nuclear-weapon-free zones. |
| ¡ô ¡¡China objects to the deployment of nuclear weapons outside its border and is of the view that the nuclear-weapon states that have deployed nuclear weapons on foreign soil should withdraw such weapons to their own countries. |
| ¡ô¡¡China respectively signed the protocol II to the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1973 and related protocols to the Treaty of Rarotonga in 1987. On 1 April 1996, China signed the Protocol I and II to the Pelindaba Treaty and ratified them on 3 July 1997. China also supports the position of the establishment of the NWFZs in South Asia, Middle East and on Korean Peninsular. China has reached agreement with the ASEAN countries on the Protocol to the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and undertook to sign the protocol at an early date as soon as the differences between the other nuclear-weapon states and ASEAN countries are solved. China respects Mongolia's efforts to obtain Nuclear-Weapon-Free status and has unconditionally pledged security assurances to Mongolia. China supports the UN Resolution on Nuclear- Weapon-Free Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent Areas presented by the non-nuclear-weapon states. China is playing a positive role in maintaining the regional security in its efforts to support the establishment of NWFZs. |
 NWFZs China has signed and ratified |