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Armed Police Force

China to hold "Sharp Blade 2023" International Sniper Competition. Based on the annual plan, the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Force will hold the "Sharp Blade-2023" International Sniper Competition in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur …

China

Chinese Embassy in Lebanon marks 96th founding anniversary of PLA. 16th Military Summer Camp for Macau Youth kicks off. The Latest News, Information, Feature Stories …

Departments

A few days ago, China's Ministry of Education and the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) jointly released a syllabus on strengthening military training for high school students. It clarified that veterans can be employed in students' military training. 04-21 20:58:51.

China-Saudi Arabia "Blue Sword-2023" naval special …

By Chen Xiaojie and Chen Xiaoren. Participants of China-Saudi Arabia "Blue Sword-2023" naval special operations joint training attend the opening ceremony on October 9, 2023.

Office for International Military Cooperation

China, ASEAN countries explore int'l military cooperation under normalized pandemic situation. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense departments and militaries of China and the ASEAN countries have maintained close communication and coordination, exploring exchanges and cooperation. …

Air Force

Highlights to expect in PLA Air Force's aviation open-day activities. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) will host aviation open-day activities from July 26 to 30. Xie Peng, the new spokesperson for the Chinese Air Force, introduced some highlights of the event at a press conference held on the morning of July 21.

China denounces US P-8A aircraft's transit of Taiwan Strait

BEIJING, Oct. 12 -- A US P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew through the Taiwan Strait on October 12 and hyped it up publicly. Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command, slammed this provocative move in a written statement released on Thursday. The spokesperson said that the …

MEDIA

Aircraft carrying remains of Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs arrives in Shenyang. Chinese peacekeepers undertake construction task near Lebanon-Israel Border. Chinese military medical team helps Lao hospital improve emergency nursing capability. 27th Chinese peacekeeping engineering contingent to DRC completes construction task.

Exchanges

Former diplomat warns against relying on 'lying flat' amidst China-US tensions. China and the United States should not pin their hope on "lying flat" to automatically avoid conflicts or confrontations, even though both sides are clear that the confrontations between them are absolutely disastrous to the world, Beijing's former top diplomat in ...

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CMC

CMC Vice Chairman General He Weidong meets with guests attending 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum. On October 30, General He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, met in Beijing respectively with defense ministers from Tajikistan, Armenia and Kazakhstan and secretary-general of ASEAN, who are attending the 10th …

Air Force

The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) on Monday rehearsed for the opening event of an airshow to be held from July 26 to 30 in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin …

Navy

The Latest News and Information from the Fifteen CMC Subordinate DepartmentsOfficesAgencyCommissions under China's Central Military …

PCL-181 brings great improvement for PLA artillery troops

The PCL-181 currently delivered to the PLA Army artillery troops will be mainly used to replace the active PL-66 152-mm towed gun-howitzers and a small part of the remaining Type 59-1 130-mm towed cannons. Compared with the latter two, the PCL-181 features "fastness" as its most prominent technical advantage --- to be specific, its …

Chinese troops arrive in Thailand for "Commando 2023" joint …

PHITSANULOK, Thailand, Aug. 17 -- The Chinese troops to participate in China-Thailand "Commando 2023" joint army training, which is composed of service members assigned to a brigade of the PLA 74th Group Army, arrived at a joint training area in Phitsanulok of Thailand on August 16 to make preparations for the upcoming joint …

Army

Military members rescue casualties on their way to mission. The team medics carried out emergency treatment on the spot for the comatose driver seriously injured. After putting on an oxygen mask for the driver, the soldiers pried open the deformed truck head with the rescue equipment and carefully lifted the injured out of the cab.

China gears up for 2023 military recruitment

China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou, lost contact and crashed over Wuzhou city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 14:38 on March 21. The PLA Southern Theater Command launched the emergency response mechanism at the news.

Starlink's expansion, military ambitions alert world

There is a good chance that Starlink will be taken advantage of by the hegemony-obsessed US to bring the world into another chaos or calamity. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou, lost contact and crashed over Wuzhou city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 14:38 on March 21.

China's 2023 defense budget to rise by 7.2 pct, remaining …

On the contrary, it will only be a positive force for safeguarding regional stability and world peace," Wang said. China's annual defense budget will remain single-digit growth for the eighth year in a row, with an increase of 7.2 percent in 2023, according to a draft budget on Sunday.

Exercises

Aman Youyi-2023 joint exercise kicks off in China. The Aman Youyi-2023 joint exercise kicked off in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province, on the morning of November 13. Troops from China, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam attended the opening ceremony.

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China, Saudi Arabia to hold "Blue Sword-2023" joint naval …

BEIJING, Sept.28 -- "Based on the international military cooperation plan and the consensus reached by the two sides, China and Saudi Arabia will hold 'Blue Sword-2023' joint naval special operations training in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong province, in October," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of …

Videos

Videos. MEDIA / Videos. 27th Chinese peacekeeping engineering contingent to DRC completes construction task. Chinese peacekeeping engineering contingent to DRC completes construction work for Pakistani camp. Foreign military officers share views on Chinese Path to Modernization. Artillery force conducts round-the-clock live-fire shooting …

CMC

The Latest News and Information from the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Covering the CMC Leaders and Members and the …

China

Chinese Embassy in Lebanon marks 96th founding anniversary of PLA. 16th Military Summer Camp for Macau Youth kicks off. The Latest News, Information, Feature Stories and Special Reports from the Chinese Military, Covering China's Military Exchanges, Military Exercises, Weaponry and Equipment, Military Operations Other Than War...

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MEDIA / Photos China. Armored vehicle fires anti-tank missiles in drill. Military vehicles maneuver in desert. Air Force Xi'an Flying College organizes 24-hour training. Fighter jets take off for night operations. Vehicle-mounted multiple launch rocket system fires at mock target. Fighter jets engage in force-on-force exercise.

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Gun-howitzer systems spit fires. Two PLZ-05 self-propelled gun-howitzer systems attached to a brigade under the PLA 78th Group Army shoot 155 mm shells …

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Attack helicopters in live-fire training. Amphibious armored vehicles engage in night training. Fight jet soars up into sky. Main battle tanks fire at night. UAV launched for flight training. Fighter jets in round-the-clock training mission. Tugboat sprays water to put out mock fire. Transport aircraft takes off for flight training. Airmen ...

Focus

Fearless of any incoming enemy, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force safeguards China's airspace at all times. This 3-minute video clip, produced by the Network Department of the Chinese PLA News Media Center, is dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Air Force. 09:30:18.

Upgrading Starlink to Starshield exposes US's ambition to …

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Unmanned strike aircraft shows its mettle

WJ-700, China's first high-altitude, high-speed, long-endurance combat/reconnaissance drone. [Photo provided to chinadaily] The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., a leading defense contractor, has conducted dozens of test flights of what it calls one of the country's best unmanned strike aircraft, according to a …

High-end dialogue preludes the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum

Guests from all over the world attend the high-end dialogue at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum on October, 29, 2023. (eng.chinamil/Photo by Li Weichao) BEIJING, Oct. 29 -- As the prelude of 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a well-received high-end dialogue was held at the Beijing International Convention Center on …

Weaponry Equipment

J-20, J-16 and Y-20 took center stage in the skies as the 26th Changchun Airshow kicked off Wednesday in Changchun City, northeast China. The Y-20 made its debut alongside a formation of four J-20 fighter jets. It was also the first time the Y-20 conducted aerial refueling simultaneously with the J-20 and J-16 aircraft.