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 The PRC has refused to join the Hague Code of Conduct or participate in other confidence-building measures designed to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war. However, the PRC does have a bilateral missile and carrier rocket launch notification agreement with Russia called the Russian-Chinese inter-governmental agreement signed in 2009, which was extended for 10 years in 2021—though little additional information regarding the implementation of the notification agreement is known.