Ⅲ On-site Inspections by OPCW

By the end of December 2015, China received a total of 429 OPCW inspections, of which 100 were related to JACW. These inspections testified that China had strictly fulfilled its obligations under the CWC.

Figure 4 The number of the inspections by OPCW in China from 2005 to 2015

China was inspected by OPCW for 36 times in 2015. 7 were for facilities related to S2 controlled chemicals（in 1 inspection, on-site sampling and analysis were done）,11 for S3 controlled chemicals,9 for S4 controlled chemicals and 9 for JACW.

Figure 5 The number of the inspections by OPCW in China in 2015

During these inspections, governments at both central and local levels together with inspected facilities provided positive cooperation and well-arranged logistics to ensure smooth inspection. In particular, despite of all difficulties, Chinese implementing authorities at all levels successfully received 5 consecutive inspections in 2015, enabling OPCW to greatly lower down its expenditure.

Figure 6 The distribution of the number of inspections in the provinces of China in 2015