2012

54036.74

669.192

102.6

15.29

11.02

1.24

5.31

8.42

2013

59524.44

741.062

102.6

11.32

10.74

1.24

5.29

8.14

2014

64397.4

828.954

102.0

8.25

11.86

1.29

5.46

9.86

2015

68905.21

908.784

101.4

15.87

9.63

1.32

5.17

8.23

2016

74358.55

976.584

102.0

6.75

7.46

1.31

5.20

5.46

2017

82712.17

1043.237

101.6

8.17

6.83

1.26

5.14

5.23

Sources: Statistical yearbooks and   government documents released by the Chinese government and data on China’s   defense expenditure submitted to the UN by the Chinese government

Nuclear

Protocol to the Treaty on a   Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia

Signed in May   2014, approved in Apr. 2015 by the Standing Committee of the National   People’s Congress

Protocol Additional to the   Agreement Between the People’s Republic of China and the International Atomic   Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in China

Signed in Dec. 1998, entered into   force in Mar. 2002

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban   Treaty

Signed in Sep. 1996

Protocol I and II to the African   Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

Signed in Apr. 1996, instrument of   ratification deposited in Oct. 1997

Convention on Nuclear Safety

Signed in Sep. 1994, ratified in   Apr. 1996

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of   Nuclear Weapons

Acceded in Mar. 1992

Treaty on the Prohibition of the   Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the   Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof

Acceded in Feb. 1991

Convention on the Physical   Protection of Nuclear Material

Acceded in Feb. 1989

Agreement Between the People’s   Republic of China and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the   Application of Safeguards in China

Signed in Sep. 1988, entered into   force in Sep. 1989

Additional   Protocol II and III to the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty

Signed in Feb. 1987, instrument of   ratification deposited in Oct. 1988

Additional Protocol II to the   Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the   Caribbean

Signed in   Aug. 1973, instrument of ratification deposited in Jun. 1974

Chemical

Convention on the Prohibition of   Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their   Destruction

Signed in Jan. 1993, instrument of   ratification deposited in Apr. 1997

Biological

Convention on the Prohibition of   the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)   and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction

Acceded in Nov. 1984

Protocol for the Prohibition of   the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological   Methods of Warfare

Statement issued to acknowledge   the Protocol in Jul. 1952

Conventional

Protocol on Explosive Remnants of   War (Protocol V) of Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of   Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious   or Have Indiscriminate Effects

Instrument of ratification   deposited in Jun. 2010

Protocol Against the Illicit   Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and   Ammunition, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational   Organized Crime

Signed in Dec. 2002

Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons   Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of   Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious   or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol IV)

Instrument of ratification   deposited in Nov. 1998

Amended Protocol on Prohibitions   or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices Annexed to   the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain   Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to   Have Indiscriminate Effects (Amended Protocol II)

Instrument of ratification   deposited in Nov. 1998

Convention on Prohibitions or   Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed   to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects and Protocols   I-III

Signed in Sep. 1981, instrument of   ratification deposited in Apr. 1982; amendment of Article 1 of the Convention   ratified in Jun. 2003, instrument of ratification deposited in Aug. 2003

Others

Convention on the Prohibition of   Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

Acceded in Jun. 2005

Convention on Registration of   Objects Launched into Outer Space

Acceded in Dec. 1988

Agreement on the Rescue of   Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts, and the Return of Objects Launched into   Outer Space

Acceded in Dec. 1988

Convention on International   Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects

Acceded in Dec. 1988

Treaty on Principles Concerning   the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including   the Moon and other Celestial Bodies

Acceded in Dec. 1983

The Antarctic Treaty

Acceded in Jun. 1983