China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China November 2025
Annex I: List of Arms
Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Treaties That China Has Joined (As of November 2025)
I. In the Nuclear Field
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Convention on Nuclear Safety
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Protocols II and III to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
Protocols I and II to the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof
Agreement Between the People's Republic of China and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in China
Additional Protocol to the Agreement Between China and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in China
II. In the Biological Field
Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
III. In the Chemical Field
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction
IV. In the Conventional Field
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects and Protocols I-III
Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Amended Protocol II)
Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol IV)
Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol V)
Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime
Arms Trade Treaty
V. In Other Fields
The Antarctic Treaty
Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space
Treaty on Principles Concerning the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Annex II: China's Laws and Regulations Related to Nonproliferation and Export Controls (As of November 2025)
I. In the Nuclear Field
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Control of Nuclear Materials
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Control of Nuclear Export
Nuclear Export Control List
Regulations on the Safeguards and Supervision of Nuclear Imports and Exports and International Nuclear Cooperation
II. In the Chemical Field
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Controlled Chemicals
List of Controlled Chemicals
Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Controlled Chemicals
List of New Controlled Chemicals Under Category III
III. In the Arms Export Field
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Arms Export
Military Products Export Control List of the People's Republic of China
IV. In the Dual-Use Items Field
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Export Control of Dual-Use Items
V. Other Relevant Laws
Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China
Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administrative Punishments
Customs Law of the People's Republic of China
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and its amendments
































