中国代表团团长谈践大使出席禁化武组织第108届执理会一般性辩论发言

（2025年3月4日，海牙）

主席先生，

中国代表团欢迎你再次主持执理会。中国代表团将继续支持你的工作。中方欢迎总干事所作发言和几位副主席的报告，赞同乌干达大使代表“不结盟运动和中国”所作的发言。下面，我愿进一步阐述中方立场。

当前，国际形势变乱交织，动荡变革加剧，新兴技术迅猛发展，不确定性日益突出。在此背景下，习近平主席提出“三大全球倡议”特别是全球安全倡议，为构建人类命运共同体提供了战略引领。

《禁止化学武器公约》是全球安全治理重要支柱之一。缔约国从1996年10月的65个增加到今日的193个，成为普遍性最强的国际军控条约。当前形势下，禁化武组织的走向至关重要。中方呼吁各方践行以协调合作为基石的真正多边主义，加强对话沟通，确保《公约》有效实施，切实维护《公约》权威。中方有以下几点主张:

一是加快日遗化武销毁进程。日遗化武是当前化武裁军领域最大的未决问题，直接关乎“无化武世界”的实现。今年是中国人民抗日战争胜利暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，遗憾的是，日遗化武的彻底销毁仍遥遥无期，中方对此深表关切。中方敦促日方加大投入，早日全面销毁日遗化武。去年9月，总干事和执理会代表团赴华访问了日遗化武设施，目睹了日遗化武规模之大、危害之大、日方已有投入与理应投入的鸿沟之大。本届会议将审议访华报告，欢迎成员国予以审阅。中方感谢执理会长期以来对日遗化武问题的关心，希望执理会持续发挥监督核查作用。

二是推动对话协商解决热点问题。历史和经验证明，阵营施压、强推投票无助于解决任何问题。中方呼吁各方秉持团结合作的精神，坚持公平正义，通过对话协商解决化武热点问题。中方注意到总干事赴叙利亚访问，欢迎总干事为推动解决叙化武问题所作努力和叙新政权所作积极表态，赞赏卡塔尔发挥协调作用，鼓励各方保持合作势头，早日解决未决问题。中方注意到技秘处近期散发的赴乌克兰技术援助访问报告及俄方照会，呼吁各方秉持公正立场，严格按照《公约》规定，解决指称使用化武问题。

三是加强化学领域安全治理。近年来，人工智能等新兴科技迅猛发展，为履约带来了新机遇和新挑战。中方提出《全球人工智能治理倡议》，倡导智能向善，强化包容普惠。中方赞赏总干事从战略高度重视人工智能等新兴技术发展，支持缔约国就人工智能履约赋能、应对技术挑战等展开讨论。中方欢迎去年10月成功举办的摩洛哥人工智能大会，愿继续深度参与禁化武组织框架下相关活动。中方支持发展中国家享受更多发展成果。今年6月，中方将与技秘处在上海联合举办人工智能能力建设研修班，欢迎各国特别是广大发展中国家积极参加。中方将继续建设性参与工业视察机制改革进程，推动视察资源合理均衡分布。

四是重视发展中国家诉求。享受化工领域经济和技术发展红利，是《公约》赋予缔约国的合法权利。中方赞赏技秘处为推动化学领域能力建设所作努力，同时呼吁各方继续坚持问题导向，把发展中国家突出诉求摆在重点位置。中方呼吁在发展中国家关切的国际合作、地域代表性、选举投票规则等问题上给予更大关注和支持。中方也愿继续同亚洲组国家一道，与各地区组积极探讨优化执理会席位分配的可能性。

主席先生，

中国是全球最大的化工国，始终模范遵守《公终》义务。中方承担着超过20%的禁化武组织会费，接受超过500次的工业视察。多年来，中方积极支持禁化武组织开展国际合作与能力建设，近两年为在化学技术中心举办的海关实验室培训课程、研修班项目提供人力物力支持，去年10月还在西安成功举办了医疗方向化武防护与培训活动。未来，中方将继续在自身能力范围内，为《公约》全面有效实施作出更大贡献。

谢谢主席先生。

Statement by Ambassador TAN Jian,

Head of the Chinese Delegation, During the General Debate

of the 108th Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW

(The Hague, March 4, 2025)

Mr. Chairman,

The Chinese delegation welcomes you back to chair this session of the Executive Council. This delegation will continue to support you in your work. China welcomes the opening statement made by the Director-General and the respective reports by the vice-chairpersons. China associates itself with the statement made by the ambassador of Uganda on behalf of the States Parties of the Non-Aligned Movement and China. Now, I would like to elaborate on China’s positions further.

At present, the international situation is full of changes, turbulence and entanglement. Turmoils and transformations are intensifying; emerging technologies are developing rapidly; and uncertainty is becoming increasingly prominent. Against this background, President Xi Jinping proposed the “Three Global Initiatives”, especially the Global Security Initiative, which provide a strategic guidance for building a community with a shared future for humankind.

The Chemical Weapons Convention is one of the important pillars of global security governance. The number of States Parties has increased from 65 in October 1996 to 193 today, making it the most universal international arms control treaty. Under the current circumstances, the direction in which the OPCW will go is crucial. China calls on all parties to practise true multilateralism based on coordination and cooperation, strengthen dialogue and communication, ensure the effective implementation of the Convention and safeguard its authority effectively.

China has the following propositions:

Firstly, accelerating the destruction of the chemical weapons abandoned by Japan in China (JACWs). JACWs represent the most outstanding issue in the current field of chemical weapons (CW) disarmament. They are thus directly related to the realization of “a world free of CWs”. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. Unfortunately, the complete destruction of JACWs is still a long way off. China is deeply concerned about this situation. China urges Japan to increase its inputs and destroy all its ACWs at an early date. Last September, the DG and a Council delegation visited JACW facilities in China. They witnessed the scale of JACWs and the severity of the harm which they pose, as well as the huge gap between what Japan’s inputs have been and what they should have been. At this session, the Council will consider the final report on the visit to China. The members of the Council are all welcome to review it. China wishes to thank the Council for its long-term attention given to this issue, and hopes that it will continue to play its supervisory and verification role.

Secondly, promoting dialogue and consultation for resolving hotspot issues. History and experience have both proved that the exertion of pressure from one camp to another and the practice of forced voting will not help solve any problem. China calls on all parties to adhere to the spirit of unity and cooperation, uphold fairness and justice and seek to resolve the CWs-related hotspot issues through dialogue and consultation. China has noted the DG’s visit to Syria. China welcomes his efforts to promote the resolution of the relevant issues of CWs in Syria and the positive commitment made by the new Syrian authorities. China commends Qatar’s role in coordination, and encourages all the parties concerned to maintain the momentum of cooperation and resolve the outstanding issues at an early date. China has also noted the recent report on the Technical Assistance Visit (TAV) to Ukraine and Russia’s recent note issued by the TS. China calls upon all sides to uphold an impartial position and work to solve the issue of the alleged use of CWs strictly according to the provisions of the Convention.

Thirdly, strengthening the safety governance in the chemical field. In the recent years, emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), have developed swiftly, bringing new opportunities and challenges to the implementation of the Convention. China has put forward the Global AI Governance Initiative, which advocates the use of intelligence for good and the strengthening of inclusiveness and universal benefits. China commends the DG for attaching strategic importance to the development of emerging technologies like AI, and for supporting States Parties in discussing the AI empowerment for the implementation of the Convention and the response to technical challenges. China welcomes the success of the Morocco AI Conference held in last October, and is ready to continue to have an in-depth participation in the relevant activities in the framework of the OPCW. China supports the enjoyment of the developing countries of more development results. In June this year, China will, jointly with the TS, hold an AI capacity-building workshop in Shanghai. All states, especially the developing countries, are welcome to attend it. China will continue to take a constructive part in the process of the reform of the industry inspection mechanism, in an effort to promote the reasonable and balanced distribution of the inspection resources.

Fourthly, giving emphasis to the requirement of the developing countries. To enjoy the dividends of economic and technological development in the chemical industry is a legitimate right granted to States Parties by the Convention. China commends the efforts made by the TS to promote capacity-building in the field of chemistry. At the same time, China calls on all parties to continue to stick to the problem-oriented approach and put the prominent requirements of the developing nations in a key position. China calls for greater attention and support accorded to the issues of concern to the developing states, such as international cooperation, geographical representation and the interpretation of the rules governing elections of the Members of the Council. China is also prepared to continue to work with the members of the Asian Group in actively exploring the possibility of optimizing the allocation of the seats on the Council with other regional groups.

Mr. Chairman,

Being the country with world’s largest chemical industry, China has always been a model in fulfilling its obligations under the Convention. China pays more than 20% of the total of the OPCW’s assessed contribution. And it has already received more than 500 industry inspections. Over the years, China has actively supported the OPCW in carrying out international cooperation and capacity-building. In the past two years, it has provided financial and in-kind support for the customs laboratory training courses and Associate Programme held at the ChemTech Center. Last October, it also successfully held a training course on the medical aspects of assistance and protection against CW in Xi’an. In the future, China will, within its own capabilities, continue to make greater contributions to the full and effective implementation of the Convention.

The Chinese delegation would like kindly to request that this statement be circulated as an official document of this session and published on the OPCW’s public website and Catalyst.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.