Since its first successful nuclear weapons test in 1964, China has committed itself to an unconditional no-first-use (NFU) policy. This discussion will bring together nuclear scientists, retired military officials, and diplomats to discuss the role NFU policies play in reducing the risk of nuclear war. Panelists will specifically touch on how the NFU policy is shaping China’s national security agenda and its strategic security role in the world.

Since its first successful nuclear weapons test in 1964, China has committed itself to an unconditional no-first-use (NFU) policy. China urges other nuclear-armed states to adopt their own NFU policies. In recent decades, there has been some progress on this front. The debates in the international community on this topic have recently become more spirited.

This discussion will bring together nuclear scientists, retired military officials, and diplomats to discuss the role NFU policies play in reducing the risk of nuclear war. Panelists will specifically touch on how the NFU policy is shaping China’s national security agenda and its strategic security role in the world.

This event will be held in Chinese.

Introduction
Li Bin is a senior associate working jointly in the Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program at Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and a professor of Tsinghua University.

Moderator
Sha Zukang serves as the honorary dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University.

Speakers
Hu Side was president of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP). He is now a senior advisor to CAEP and directs the academy’s Center for Strategic Study.

Pan Zhenqiang is senior adviser to the China Reform Forum and director of the Research Institute for Strategy and Management at the Central University of Finance and Economics.

Yao Yunzhu is director of the Center on China-America Defense Relations at the Academy of Military Science.

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