Where was the first multilateral conference on drug control held in the world?

The world's first international anti-drug conference was held in Zhonghui Hotel (now the South Building of Peace Hotel) on February 1909, which was called "World Anti-smoking Conference" in history. China, Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Portugal and other 13 countries participated.

The World Anti-Smoking Conference is the first multilateral international anti-drug conference in human history. It confirmed for the first time that opium and other drugs must be banned worldwide, which attracted the attention of governments for the first time.

The theme of the meeting is to discuss the world drug problem, coordinate the positions of all parties and discuss countermeasures. Most of the main contents of the conference resolutions were adopted by the later Hague Convention on Drug Control, which became the universal principle of international joint drug control.

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Background of the World Anti-smoking Conference:

China suffers from opium. The influx of opium not only worsened the health of China people, weakened their will, and some people even lost their labor force seriously. More importantly, a large amount of silver flows out, and the poor are poor and weak.

At the same time, the massive dumping of opium in the Far East has also led to serious social problems in some western countries. Opium consumption and sales in the United States and its affiliated Philippines are becoming increasingly serious.

After more than a year of international consultation, countries are scheduled to hold the World Anti-Smoking Conference in Shanghai on February 1909.

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Anti-Smoking Association

The beginning of global drug control: 1909 Shanghai world anti-smoking conference