China has urged in a white paper the international community to continue to explore and formulate measures to strengthen the effectiveness of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

Against the backdrop of increased threat of bio-terrorism and prominence of bio-security issue, it is of great realistic significance, says the China's Endeavors for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, which is issued by the Information Office of the State Council here Thursday.

The paper says China stands for complete prohibition and thorough destruction of biological and chemical weapons and firmly opposes proliferation of such weapons.

It says China holds that the international community should take the following actions.

-- Encourage more countries to accede to the BWC and urge all its States Parties to fulfill their obligations in a comprehensive and faithful manner.

-- Maintain and facilitate the multilateral process aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the BWC and explore and formulate concrete measures through full consultations.

-- Encourage more countries to submit to the UN declarations on confidence-building measures regarding the BWC.

Source: Xinhua