Ambassadors and envoys from five countries have hailed China's remarkable progress in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and innovative applications of nuclear technology, following a week-long tour of nuclear energy and technology application sites across Shandong Province and Beijing.
The diplomats spoke highly of China's robust nuclear industry development, solid nuclear security capabilities, and sincerity in sharing technology and pursuing practical cooperation with developing countries.
The event, which ran from April 18 to 24, was co-organized by the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) and China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) in Vienna. It gathered ambassadors and envoys from Serbia, Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya and Thailand, who represent their respective permanent missions to the UN and other international organizations based in Vienna.
During the tour, the diplomats also witnessed the official launch of a global initiative aimed at promoting cooperation in the nuclear technology industry when they were in Beijing for the third International Nuclear Technology Application Conference.
The new initiative, called the "Initiative to Jointly Build an Open, Inclusive, Universally Beneficial and Win-Win International Industrial Ecosystem for Nuclear Technology Applications," was introduced by the China Isotope and Radiation Association.
It calls on international organizations, industry groups, researchers and companies to work together for the peaceful and inclusive use of nuclear technology, and seeks to foster a new type of international cooperation based on mutual respect, fairness, justice and shared development.
The ambassadors and envoys have expressed their approval of China's commitment to advancing international collaboration on nuclear technology.
"We have witnessed a strong commitment from the government of the People's Republic of China and from all concerned institutions and from the companies -- a strong commitment to collaboration and to nuclear technology, to capacity building, to building human resources," said Magdi Ahmed Mofadal Elnour, ambassador of Sudan's Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations based in Vienna.
They voiced willingness to take this event as a key opportunity to deepen coordination and collaboration with China in nuclear power development, nuclear technology application and professional personnel training to ensure that nuclear energy better serves global sustainable development and improves people's well-being worldwide.
"We cooperate with China because you have a lot of excellent people in that field, and it's logical to cooperate and improve our position, our capability to build nuclear power plants in the next decades," said Zarko Obradovic, ambassador of Serbia's Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations based in Vienna.
"It's interesting how China continues to work so justly that we keep achieving good things as it concerns the peaceful uses of nuclear technology," said Onifade Muyiwa Waheed, charge d'Affaires of Nigeria's Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations based in Vienna.
The envoys noted that through on-site visits and in-depth exchanges, they had gained a deeper understanding of China's advanced concepts and well-established practices in nuclear energy development.
"I learned how the Chinese apply nuclear technology to improve agriculture and agricultural product. So, Thailand is also an agricultural country. I got to learn that we have had so much cooperation between the CAAS (the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and Thai institutes," said Panuwat Prommanon, minister counselor of Thailand's Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations based in Vienna.
Foreign envoys praise China's peaceful use of nuclear energy
