"China has formulated and enacted a number of laws and regulations, which form a complete system for export controls on nuclear, biological, chemical, missile and other sensitive items and technologies," said Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui.

"As terror groups' access to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have become more of a major threat to world security, China is teaming up with other countries such as the United State to improve global non-proliferation," he was quoted as saying by the China Daily.

In recent years, China and Chinese companies have repeatedly been at the receiving end of US sanctions for proliferating missile technology or other technologies used to build weapons of mass destruction.

But earlier this year China became a member of the nuclear suppliers group, that comes within the scope of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, a UN-sponsored treaty aimed at curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

Zhang also said Beijing was willing to join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a key non-proliferation group aimed at curbing the spread of ballistic missile technology capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction.

The MTCR is an informal and voluntary association of 33 countries that also seeks to coordinate national export licensing efforts aimed at preventing the proliferation of destructive weapons.

Liu Jieyi, director of China's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, said China and the United States shared many common interests in arms control and non-proliferation.

However, he noted the two sides still have several differences, mainly on the means to reach their non-proliferation goals, the newspaper said.

"China holds that the fundamental purpose of non-proliferation is to safeguard and promote international and regional peace and security, and related issues must be settled through dialogue and international co-operation," said Liu.

"We have noticed pre-emptive strikes and maritime interception operations. These actions were not always in line with the goal to promote international peace and security and did not always conform to international law."

The two men were speaking at the 5th Sino-US Conference on Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, a two-day meeting in Beijing that ends Wednesday.

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