China, as 1st to schedules fentanyl as a class, urges US stop discrediting its drug control efforts

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Feb 4, 2023
Macau Monthly: US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that China is no longer a major source of fentanyl flowing into the US, but they continue to see PRC-origin precursor chemicals being used in illicit fentanyl production. The US will continue to urge China to take additional meaningful concrete action and is committed to working with China on fentanyl and other areas in which the US and China can work together constructively. Do you have any comment?

Wang Wenbin: We have made clear Chinaâ€™s position on this issue and would like to reiterate the following points.â€‚

First, China has taken an active part in international counternarcotics law enforcement cooperation under the framework of the UN conventions on drug control and always put precursor chemicals under strict control. China is the first in the world to have officially scheduled fentanyl as a class.

Second, non-regulated chemicals have a wide range of legal uses. Any company can produce, export and use them. It is the legal obligation of the governments of importing countries to ensure that the goods imported are not used for illicit purposes. Take steel as an example, it can be used to make cars or guns, but no one would propose to put a ban on international steel trade simply for the sake of gun control.

Third, in May 2020, the US put the Institution of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Public Security and the National Narcotics Laboratory of China on its â€œentity listâ€ , which has since severely impacted and limited Chinaâ€™s counternarcotics capability. The US cannot expect cooperation from another country while harming the latterâ€™s interests. Accusing others and shifting the blame simply wonâ€™t work if the US wants to remedy the fentanyl abuse at home.

Fourth, the US needs to lift sanctions against Chinese institutions as soon as possible, stop discrediting Chinaâ€™s drug control efforts, and at the same time permanently regulate fentanyl-related substances as a class. This is how the US should get on with its responsibility of dealing with its fentanyl overdose crisis at home.
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