Beijing, China - Sept 13, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of press briefing in progress, reporters
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Lijian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (starting with shot 1):
"China supports the IAEA in acting according to its mandates, giving full consideration to the views of stakeholders and playing its due role on the disposal of the nuclear contaminated water. Experts from multiple countries, including China, the ROK and Russia will join the technical working team set up by the IAEA. The team will assist the international community in the review and monitoring before, during and after Japan's disposal of nuclear contaminated water to ensure absolute safety."
3. Various of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Lijian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Japan should cooperate fully with the IAEA by having thorough consultations on all possible means of disposal, and accepting monitoring and verification of data accuracy and the efficiency of the disposal."
5. Reporter
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Lijian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"I want to stress again that Japan should take the concern of the international community seriously, revoke the wrong decision to discharge the nuclear contaminated water and stop proceeding all preparatory work. Japan must not take the liberty of discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea before reaching consensus with stakeholders and relevant international institutions through consultation."
7. Press briefing in progress

China will give support to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the issue of Japan's disposal of nuclear wastewater, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday, highlighting that the Japanese side cannot take action on its own before receiving approval.

The spokesman Zhao Lijian made the statement at a press briefing in Beijing when asked about the IAEA's decision to dispatch a team of experts to Japan's Fukushima Prefecture in December.

According to the Deputy Director General of the IAEA Lydie Evrard, the technical working team will evaluate the safety of the nuclear wastewater discharge in Fukushima, and that experts from China and South Korea will joint the work.

"China supports the IAEA in acting according to its mandates, giving full consideration to the views of stakeholders and playing its due role on the disposal of the nuclear contaminated water. Experts from multiple countries, including China, the ROK and Russia will join the technical working team set up by the IAEA. The team will assist the international community in the review and monitoring before, during and after Japan's disposal of nuclear contaminated water to ensure absolute safety," he said.

"Japan should cooperate fully with the IAEA by having thorough consultations on all possible means of disposal, and accepting monitoring and verification of data accuracy and the efficiency of the disposal," Zhao added.

The Japanese government decided in April to start discharging the water into sea from around spring of 2023.

"I want to stress again that Japan should take the concern of the international community seriously, revoke the wrong decision to discharge the nuclear contaminated water and stop proceeding all preparatory work. Japan must not take the liberty of discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea before reaching consensus with stakeholders and relevant international institutions through consultation," said Zhao.