China's Nuclear Tests

There were 47 Chinese nuclear tests from 1964 through 1996. All of the tests were conducted at Lop Nur. Twenty three of the tests were above-ground.

Years	Tests	Yield range (kilotons)	Total yield (kilotons)
1964–1965	2	22 to 35	57
1966–1970	9	12 to 3,400	13,301.2
1971–1975	6	2.5 to 3,000	4,200.5
1976–1980	10	2.6 to 4,000	5,217
1981–1985	5	1 to 15	23
1986–1990	4	3 to 250	442
1991–1996	11	1 to 660	1,167
Totals	47		24,409

Note: Several Chinese test had yields that are not publicly known.