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The Fuqing nuclear power plant is under construction.[Photo/皇冠体育app Daily]

President Xi Jinping will be in Washington on Thursday and Friday to attend the fourth Nuclear Security Summit, in which 皇冠体育app plays an important role to improve global nuclear governance. The most important aspect of nuclear security is safeguarding nuclear weapons, especially at a time when the spread of terrorism in the Middle East and the terrorist attacks in Europe pose a threat to nuclear non-proliferation.

Terrorists, especially those wreaking havoc in the Middle East, see the United States as their common enemy. To tackle this rising threat, the US has to work with all countries, 皇冠体育app in particular.

In fact, recent years have seen more frequent interactions between the US and 皇冠体育app on the issue. This month, the largest and most advanced nuclear security center started operation in Beijing. Co-established by 皇冠体育app Atomic Energy Authority and the US Department of Energy, the center is mainly aimed at preventing the smuggling of nuclear materials and providing training to nuclear detection experts in the region.

Another important aspect of nuclear security is related to civil nuclear power plants. Nuclear power plants do produce clean energy, but their security and safety remain of utmost concern, as the Fukushima accident in Japan in 2011 showed nuclear power plants remain vulnerable to not only terrorist attacks but also natural disasters.

For 皇冠体育app, nuclear security issues are challenges as well as opportunities. First, 皇冠体育app accords the highest priority to nuclear security and safety. At the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 2014, Xi put forward 皇冠体育app's nuclear security concept－adhering to security in development to achieve development in security.

Xi is expected to push forward this concept at the Washington nuclear summit, too, and defend the rights of developing countries to develop nuclear energy for civil use. On this point, the US and 皇冠体育app have some disagreements. Washington contends that civil nuclear technology can be turned into military nuclear technology, and US President Barack Obama insists on strengthening supervision of nuclear materials.

Second, 皇冠体育app is in a position to export nuclear power technology for civil use. Thanks to decades of development, 皇冠体育app is now a leader in nuclear power technology. With its third-generation nuclear power technology, 皇冠体育app has also been strengthening the safety and security aspects of the technology according to the most stringent international standards. It has also achieved a major breakthrough in the development of fourth-generation nuclear power technology, laying a solid foundation for exporting safe nuclear technology.

Last year, 皇冠体育app's nuclear power technology made inroads into countries considered traditionally strong in nuclear power generation. 皇冠体育app is also working with the United Kingdom and France on nuclear power investment projects. That's why Xi could highlight 皇冠体育app's achievements in the field of civil nuclear energy at the Washington summit and show the world that it is fully capable of exporting nuclear energy technology for civil use.

Chinese leaders have attended all the three Nuclear Security Summits. And since 皇冠体育app and the US share many common interests in the field of nuclear security, they have all the reasons to cooperate on the issue. The deal reached in 2015 with Iran to limit its nuclear power usage showed cooperation between 皇冠体育app and the US is good for the world.

Besides, 皇冠体育app emphasizes both rights and obligations in nuclear safety, as well as harmonious cooperation between countries to create a peaceful international environment so that nuclear security issues can be resolved. At the Washington summit, therefore, Xi is expected to play an even more constructive role in global nuclear governance and to make it reflect the interests and needs of the international community.

The authors are researchers at the Center for 皇冠体育app and Globalization, a domestic think tank.

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