China has always attached importance to the humanitarian concerns related to cluster munitions. In recent years, China has actively participated in the international efforts to solve this problem. China is favour of concluding a Protocol on cluster munitions in the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). At the same time, China believes that the issue of cluster munitions is rather complicated. When seeking a proper solution to this issue, legitimate military needs of all countries and humanitarian concerns should be addressed in a balanced way. China is willing to continue to make joint efforts with all parties with a view to finding a proper solution to the issue of cluster munition.