Chinese authorities will work with all interested countries to promote the process of global nuclear disarmament, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
"China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible nuclear-weapon state, consistently follows the path of peaceful development and pursues a policy of non-first use of nuclear weapons.
"Strictly follows an appropriate self-defense strategy, maintains its nuclear arsenal at the minimum level necessary to ensure national security, and strictly observes the moratorium on nuclear tests," he said at a briefing, commenting on the recent visit of Robert Bruce Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT), to the PRC, which took place from October 20 to 25.
