China Updates Biological Agent Export Control List

China has updated its export control list of dual-use materials that could be used to produce biological weapons, the Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.“To meet the international need of fighting terrorism and preventing proliferation and based on China’s national situation and experience in export control, the Chinese government supplemented and improved on the biological export control list promulgated in 2002,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.The new list added 14 types of viruses, toxins, bacteria, and equipment, including the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. It also strengthened export control efforts, Liu said.

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