US should cherish good momentum created in its counternarcotics cooperation with China

Carrying out counternarcotics cooperation is one of the important common understandings reached between the leaders of China and the United States during their meeting in San Francisco in November.

Subsequently, China intensified its campaigns against the smuggling, illicit manufacturing, trafficking and abuse of fentanyl-related substances to try and help the US get a grip on its fentanyl problem. It has, for example, been working to clean up information about online sales of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, and strictly prevent the smuggling and trafficking of the relevant chemical substances.

The United States has responded by lifting sanctions on the Institute of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Public Security and the National Narcotics Laboratory of China, which severely impacted and limited China's counternarcotics capabilities. China has responded to the requests of the US that it follow up on the clues it has provided in certain cases and taken action.