The armed police frontier force conducted an across-regional military exercise in south China's Guangdong province on Dec 29, 2014. Over 1,000 soldiers traveled 300 kilometers to encircle and suppress a drug-producing village and rescue hostages. All the training subjects were completed successfully.
The People's Liberation Army is inviting private enterprises to bid on its training-related contracts, an unprecedented move to optimize the military budget and boost participation of the private sector.
China proposed on Friday that disputes in the Asia-Pacific region be tackled by an efficient crisis management and control mechanisms.
The People's Liberation Army held its largest joint training exercise of 2014 in Northeast China on Oct 25, Beijing News reported.
The latest generation of multi-purpose tactical vehicles used by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has passed a range of tests and will soon be commissioned to all the branches of the Chinese military.
Many people who worked on the atomic bomb project were relocated to Hefei, Anhu province after the State-owned Factory No 221 under the nuclear industry ministry was shut down.
China's military authority has issued a document detailing 40 problems with current exercises in a move to sharpen the troops' fighting capability.
China's central military authority has issued guidelines to enhance management of military information and crackdown on illegal online activities involving military affairs.
The People's Liberation Army air force intends to strengthen communication and cooperation with foreign counterparts, a senior officer said.
The Chinese air force is strengthening pilots' combat readiness by staging an increasing number of drills based on realistic training scenarios.
Top US Navy officials made clear more work is needed to avoid incidents that could trigger a crisis, despite progress in US-Chinese military interaction.
The scale of the ongoing "Peace Mission 2014" joint military drill is the largest to date, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.