On Sept. 7, China’s foreign ministry said the OPCW director‑general, the OPCW
executive council chair and envoys from 12 countries visited Jilin’s Hunchun and
Dunhua (Harbalin) from Aug. 31–Sept. 5 to inspect excavation, recovery and
destruction operations for Japanese‑era chemical weapons abandoned in China.
Participants noted the serious risk to lives and the environment and backed the
OPCW’s use of the Chemical Weapons Convention to press Japan to promptly, fully
and cleanly destroy the abandoned munitions.
