Xi's visit highlights China's commitment to expanding cooperation, safeguarding nuclear security

Xi put forward a five-point proposal to promote international cooperation in nuclear security -- building of a network for capacity building on nuclear security, supporting all countries in minimizing the use of the highly enriched uranium according to their needs, promoting its national security monitoring system for nuclear power and helping others enhance their capacity in security monitoring and contribute its share to enhancing nuclear power safety and security worldwide.

The proposal, which would benefit the world by providing public goods, are generally welcomed by the participating countries, Wang said.

At the plenary session, Xi briefed the participating dignitaries on the progress China has made since the 2014 NSS with a comprehensive introduction of China's new initiatives and achievements made in the field of nuclear security, such as the strengthening of the mechanisms and capacity building at the national level, ratifying all the international legal instruments in the field of nuclear security ,and vigorously promoting international exchanges and cooperation.

Wang said that China submitted "the National Progress Report on Nuclear Security" to the summit and demonstrated China's nuclear security achievements.

He said that China's achievements on nuclear security are "visible and tangible," which can stand the test of time and history and present an open, confident and responsible image of China to the rest of the world

Wang said the concept of China's nuclear security proposed by Xi has won support from the participating countries in the summit and was adopted into the joint communique issued at the end of the summit.

As the world's two nuclear powers, China and the United States on Thursday issued a joint statement on nuclear security cooperation, which has become a bright spot of the summit.

The two countries jointly built the Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security in Beijing, the largest of its kind in the Asia Pacific region.

Wang said that all the achievements indicated the fruitful cooperation between China and the United States on nuclear security and other global governance issues.

During the summit, Xi attended a meeting participated by leaders of six countries which helped broker the Iranian nuclear deal, an event on the sidelines of the fourth NSS.

Xi expounded China's principals on the Iranian nuclear-related issues, providing political guidance to the full implementation of the follow-up agreement.

During the summit, Xi also met with US President Barack Obama. The two leaders exchanged views on a wide range of issues of common concern and reached important consensus, Wang said.

Speaking highly of the bilateral cooperation in the fields of nuclear security and climate change, Xi and Obama agreed to deepen practical cooperation in various fields, constructively manage their differences, and constantly advance bilateral relations.

Wang said the tone of the meeting is positive and constructive, laying a good foundation for the sound and stable development of future Sino-US relations.