a signatory state; a signatory
This law is applicable to the crimes specified in international treaties to which the PRC is a signatory state or with which it is a member and the PRC exercises criminal jurisdiction over such crimes within its treaty obligations.
China signed the CWC in January 1993, ratified the convention in December 1996 and deposited the instruments of ratification on April 25, 1997, thus becoming an original signatory state to the CWC.
China was among the first signatory states.
The covenant of the League of Nations bound all signatory states not to go to war.
It mainly includes fulfilling the obligations of signatory states, enlarging sphere of "bribe", decreasing minimum amount of bribery and enlarging scope of application of pecuniary penalty, etc.
