China keeps promises regarding strict control over fentanyl-related substances
By Zhong Sheng
Recently, some US politicians
have been blaming China for not fulfilling promises to stop sales of fentanyl
to the US, calling China a major source of fentanyl-related substances and a cause of
many deaths in the US.
Such groundless accusation only
revealed their amorality - something rarely seen in
this world.
Facts don’t lie. Implementing
very strict control over fentanyl-related substances, the Chinese government has regulated 25 variants of fentanyl and 2 precursors, more than
those on the United Nations' list.
To
respond to US concerns, China completed relevant legal procedures in four months
and listed all fentanyl-related drugs in the country as controlled substances
starting May 1. This demonstrated the sense of responsibility of the Chinese
government to actively participate in global drug control and safeguard global
peace and stability.
China spares no efforts to advance
relevant work, including the making of legal
documents, a nationwide investigation campaign on fentanyl-like substances, and a special action to crack down upon
online sales of such substances.
It
has also urged logistics companies to implement necessary procedures including
real-name consignment, unpacking, and machine security screening. The country
is ensuring that every measure it adopts is implemented.
China
has achieved fruitful results in fentanyl control and such achievement speaks
for itself. Since this year, not a single case of illegally producing, selling
and trafficking fentanyl-like substances has been spotted by Chinese
drug control departments.
Statistics
released by the US Department of Justice showed that, in the first quarter this
year, US
Customs and Border Protection only seized 0.29 kilograms of fentanyl-like
substances in 12 cases from China, down by 99 percent and 93 percent
respectively compared to the same period last year. In the second quarter, 5
kilograms were seized in 4 cases, down by 78 percent and 97 percent
respectively.
The
fentanyl-like substances legally produced by China have never entered the US.
It
is obvious that some US politicians are merely labeling China by overgeneralization and
extreme
individual illegal acts. Their conclusion, reached upon the basis of
one-sided viewpoint, is totally groundless.
China
has always kept its promises and fulfilled its commitment of strictly controlling
fentanyl-related substances. The US politicians should respect the
facts, observe China’s stand with an objective manner, and face up to China’s
huge efforts and achievements.
Why
can’t the US have “zero-tolerance” of narcotics and strictly implement its drug
control policy just as China does? Why are China’s fentanyl control measures
more strict and effective than those of the US? These questions are worth
thinking of.
The US, being the largest market of narcotics,
has 5 percent of the world's population, but is consuming 80 percent of opioid
drugs. It's unimaginable that why the US politicians are blaming other
countries rather than finding out effective solutions from themselves.
They probably don't know that the more they slander,
the more they break the promises to their people.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's
Daily to express its views on foreign policy.)
China keeps promises regarding strict control over fentanyl-related substances
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