China will continue to work with the U.S. in strengthening nuclear cooperation in terms of customs control, said Li Wei, deputy director-general of the Department of Customs Control and Inspection of the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), Thursday.
Li made the remarks at a press briefing for the two-day 2016 Nuclear Security Summit from March 31 to April 1 in the U.S. capital.[Special coverage]
"China and U.S. have been working together for years to address the threat of international nuclear terrorism, to prevent and counter the illegal trafficking of both nuclear and other radioactive substances," Li noted.
According to Li, the China Customs and U.S. Department of Energy have established jointly the Radiation Detection Training Center of China Customs, which was commissioned on Sept. 24, 2012 and located at China's coastal city Qinhuangdao.
"The center marked the new progress of China- U.S. cooperation against illegal trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive substances," Li said.
"It not only addresses China Customs training and research requirement for radiation detection, but also provides a platform for professional training and exchanges on radiation detection for other Asian Pacific countries and the region as a whole," he added.
Li said another cooperation between GACC and the U.S. Department of Energy was on the pilot project at the Yangshan Port of Shanghai under the framework of China-U.S. Megaport Initiative.
The project was officially launched at Yangshan Port on Dec. 7, 2011. "Both China and the United States speak very highly of the project, we agree that this pilot project may well be a good example with global implications," said Li.
Li said China is fully committed to the future cooperation between the two countries.
"We will work more closely with the U.S. Department of Energy by inviting experts of the department to provide technical guidance and support for the Chinese side so as to further expand the Magaport Initiative," Li added.
