China's public security minister vowed on Tuesday to deepen international cooperation in the area of drug control, state media Xinhua reported.
Wang Xiaohong, who is also the director of the national narcotics control committee, called for "eradicating the soil that breeds and spreads the drug problem" in a meeting, according to Xinhua, Reuters reported.
The United States has been pressuring China to help reduce US fentanyl deaths.
China says it has some of the strictest drug laws in the world, and that the US needs to curb narcotics demand at home.
