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的研究、試驗、生產、部署、使用及轉讓或軍隊規模等進行的限制，目的在于減輕軍事存在的危險性和一旦戰爭爆發時進行相對的克制。

中國重視并積極參與國際軍備控制進程，主張充分發揮聯合國及其他相關國際組織和多邊機制作用，鞏固和加強現有多邊軍控、裁軍和防擴散體系，尊重和照顧各國正當合理安全關切，維護全球戰略平衡和穩定。在核裁軍方面，中國一貫主張全面禁止和徹底銷毀核武器。在防擴散方面，中國堅決反對大規模殺傷性武器及其運載工具擴散，參加了防擴散領域所有的國際條約和相關國際組織。在禁止化學、生物武器方面，中國認真履行《禁止化學武器公約》《禁止生物武器公約》的各項義務，建立了相應的履約機制。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。在常規武器軍控方面，中國嚴格履行《特定常規武器公約》及其議定書規定的各項義務，按要求提交公約及其所附《地雷議定書》年度履約報告。在軍費透明和常規武器轉讓登記方面，中國從2007年起參加聯合國軍費透明制度，同年起恢復參加聯合國常規武器登記冊并提交年度報告，致力于增進與世界各國的軍事互信。此外，中國始終將軍隊的數量和規模控制在維護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。