XU Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, said in Moscow on the 28th that final determination of the site for ITER is of great significance and an important step towards the earlier start-up of this Program.
 
The six parties involved in ITER reached consensus in Moscow on the 28th, choosing France as the site for the first thermonuclear experimental reactor in the world.

Talking of the significance of China's participation in ITER, XU Guanhua indicated that China is a country lacking in energy resources, so participation in this Program in search for future energy production modes is of great strategic significance to China's sustainable development. In addition to facilitating international cooperation of all countries in the world in the development of fusion energy, this Program itself also involves important S&T issues. China's participation in this international cooperation project is helpful to the improvement of China's S&T and will contribute to the S&T progress of China and mankind

(Source: most.gov.cn)