Beijing has endorsed and engaged international cooperation in minimizing the use of high-enriched uranium for civilian use to "boost nuclear security", Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said on Tuesday.

Miao made the remarks at a news conference in Seoul in response to the Seoul Communique, a brainchild of the two-day 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.

Released in the wake of the summit's two plenary sessions, the communique encourages countries to "take measures to minimize the use of high-enriched uranium, including through the conversion of reactors from high-enriched to low-enriched uranium fuel".