Promoting peaceful use of nuclear energy bears great significance for the international society coping with the challenges posed by the energy crisis and climate change, a senior Chinese official told a major conference on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons on Monday.
China stands for further developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy, Cheng Jingye, head of the Chinese delegation, said in an address to the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
He said all counties should promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should play a bigger role in this regard. Countries capable of doing so should actively assist developing countries in developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
(Source: Xinhua)