China wants the United Nations Security Council to reach consensus on a draft resolution on Syria\'s chemical weapons at an early date, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Thursday. \"China supports the Security Council to reach consensus as soon as possible so that the work of inspecting and destructing chemical weapons in Syria can start at an early date, and to send a clear signal of backing political solution to the Syria issue,\" Xinhua news agency quoted Hong as saying at a daily news briefing.