2. China’s export control system: regulations,
procedures and policy
Agencies responsible for controlling SALW exports
Mapping Chinese SALW exports: scale and
destinations
Reported UN arms embargo violations and
diversion risks
SIPRI study on Chinese SALW exports
3. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Chinese
SALW exports
Authorised arms export companies and Chinese
SALW exports
European arms brokers and Chinese SALW exports
Highlighting ‘known’ actors
4. Historical role of the PLA in Chinese small arms
exports
Source of surplus, but still a supplier?
PLA visits and exchanges with potential customers
PLA training
PLA presence at arms fairs
The PLA and Chinese SALW
exports
5. Historical role of the state-owned defence
industrial import-export enterprises in Chinese
small arms exports
Six import-export enterprises authorised to export
small arms and light weapons (including
MANPADS)
The (in)significance of small arms exports for
China’s enterprises authorised to export small arms
Authorised arms export companies
and Chinese SALW exports
6. China’s official position on arms brokers …
… and the role played by European arms brokers in
the supply of SALW to African states
Gus van Kouwenhoven: brokering the supply of SALW to Liberia
while subject to a UN arms embargo
Gary Hyde: brokering the supply of SALW to Nigeria without
authorisation from the UK
Serge Mueller: brokering the supply of SALW to Sierra Leone
without authorisation from Belgium or Switzerland
European arms brokers and
Chinese SALW exports
7. It is assumed that China is a major SALW exporter,
but data remains patchy
The relationship between the PLA, defence
industry and export companies and export control
authorities is opaque
There are still a lot of unanswered questions about
the main actors involved in Chinese SALW exports
Concluding remarks