China
China is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed but not yet ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
China operates nine nuclear reactors with a further six in various stages of construction. There are plans in China to expand its use of nuclear power five-fold by 2020 and for it to become totally self-sufficient in reactor design and construction, although nuclear power is set to increase from only 2% to 4% of China's electricity generating capacity, dwarfed by its growth in wind power (to 12%).
Little is known of Chinese nuclear forces but best estimates put their stockpile at around 200 nuclear warheads. China continues to develop and improve its nuclear arsenal with a particular focus on trying to deploy a reliable a submarine launched missile system.
Read the profile on China from the Model Nuclear Inventory (pdf), produced by the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
