Details on ACW munitions and locations in China

Further Details on ACW munitions and locations in China

Discovered ACW munitions and agents:

Type of CW Munitions	Types of Toxic Agents used in Munitions
150mm CW shells	mustard lewisite mixture; diphenylcyanoarsine
105mm CW shells	mustard lewisite mixture; diphenylcyanoarsine
90mm CW mortar shells	mustard lewisite mixture; diphenylcyanoarsine
75mm CW shells	phosgene; diphenylcyanoarsine
81mm CW mortar shells, chemical aerial bombs, unspecified calibers of CW munitions, toxic smoke candles and canisters	unspecified toxic agents

Other types of toxic agents discovered: mustard gas, hydrocyanic acid and chloroacetophenone [Source: "Some information on discovered chemical weapons abandoned in China by a foreign State," CD/1127, 18 February 1992, p. 2; and CD/1127/Corr.1]

CW Munitions and Agents that had been destroyed or treated by 1992:

CW Type	Quantity	Location
150mm, 105mm, 75mm, 90mm shells	100,000	Fujin County, Heilongjiang Province
150mm, 105mm, 75mm, 90mm shells bulk	200,00 1,000 kg.	Shanzhi City, Heilongjiang Province
barrels	4 (400kg.)	Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province
shells bulk	300 10 tons	Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province
bulk	10.8 tons (destroyed between 1973-1986)	Changchun City, Jilin Province and Shenyang City, Fengcheng County (as well as other locations), Liaoning Province
150mm, 105mm, 75mm CW shells	10,000 (destroyed by 1988)	Taiyuan and Datong Cities, Shanxi Province; Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province; and Bengbu City, Anhui Province
leaking barrels of mustard gas	2 (destroyed in 1990 by chemical process)	Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

[Source: "Some information on discovered chemical weapons abandoned in China by a foreign State," CD/1127, 18 February 1992, p. 2.]

Discovered ACW not destroyed as of 1992:

CW Type	Quantity	Location
150mm, 105mm CW shells boxes of smoke canisters barrels of bulk toxic agent	513 4 2	Sunwu County, Heilongjiang Province
unspecified CW shells	100	Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province
mustard-lewisite agents solidified with lime	74 tons	Weijin Town, Jilin Province
unspecified 75mm CW shells	40	Jilin City suburbs, Jilin Province
75mm phosgene shells	50	Gaochemg City, Hebei Province
75mm CW shells and other unknown calibers	33	Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
barrels of mustard gas	4	Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
barrels of mustard gas	3	Hohot City suburbs, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

[Source: "Some information on discovered chemical weapons abandoned in China by a foreign State," CD/1127, 18 February 1992, p. 3.]

Unverified quantities of ACW:

CW Type	Quantity	Location
mainly 75mm, 105mm and 150mm CW shells, 90mm CW mortar shells, CW aerial bombs and other types of CW munitions	1.8 million pieces	Dunhua region, Jilin Province
mainly 75mm, 105mm and 150mm CW shells	unspecified	Meihekou region, Jilin Province (buried under tracks near railroad station)

[Source: "Some information on discovered chemical weapons abandoned in China by a foreign State," CD/1127, 18 February 1992, p. 4.]

Other Reported ACW in China:

CW Type	Quantity	Location
CW shells of unspecified caliber	50 (6 of which confirmed as Japanese)*	Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
75mm and 150mm partially buried CW shells	248	Qiaihaer, Heilongjiang Province
unspecified CW munitions	11	Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province
CW gas containers	500+	Sunwu, Heilongjiang Province
75mm, 105mm and 150mm CW shells toxic cylinders (all at this location buried in a shallow pit)	513 4 boxes	Sunwu (Beishan), Heilongjiang Province
bulk barrels of unspecified toxic agent	3*	Hohot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
bulk sealed containers of mustard gas and lewisite	3	Chuzhou, Jiangsu Province
bulk sealed containers of diphenylchlorarsine	3	Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
cans of unspecified toxic agent CW mortar shell	3,000 1	Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
iron-sheet cans (11cm diameter, 22cm long) containing hydrogen cyanide	200+	Guanqiao Village, Sixi Town, Shanggao County, Jiangxi Province
mustard agent (type unspecified)	unspecified*	50km east of Dunhua, Jilin Province
75mm and 90mm CW shells containing mustard agent	700,000*	Dunhua region, Jilin Province
75mm, 90mm, 105mm and 150mm CW shells containing mustard-lewisite mix	700,000*	Dunhua region, Jilin Province
unspecified type of possibly leaking CW containing mustard-lewisite mix	700,000*	Dunhua region, Jilin Province
unspecified type of excavated CW munitions containing mustard-lewisite mix and pepper	365	Haerbaling, Jilin Province
two mounds of dirt covering containers of bulk mustard and lewisite packed in lime and concrete	74 tons*	Meihekou (Weijin), Jilin Province
two mounds of unspecified bulk agent treated with calcium hydroxide	unspecified*	Meihekou (Weijin), Jilin Province
barrels of sealed and stored mustard agent stored 75mm CW shells	6 24	Shenyang City, Liaoning Province

[Source: Peter O' Meara Evans, "Destruction of Abandoned Chemical Weapons in China," September 1997, BICC Paper Series (No. 13), pp. 9-13.]
*May correspond with ACW reported in CD/1127 or other reports.

Last Updated June 1998

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