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BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed advancing the modernization of the national defense and armed forces. Xi made the remarks while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on strengthening the modernization of the national defense and armed forces, which was held on Thursday. To uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and achieve national rejuvenation, Xi underscored ensuring both development and security, and ensuring that efforts to make the country prosperous and efforts to make the military strong go hand in hand. The modernization of the national defense and armed forces must be in step with the country's modernization process, and the military capabilities must fit national strategic needs, Xi said. Xi said the CPC has always been striving to build strong national defense and powerful military forces, and has made

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends the completion and commissioning ceremony for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2020. Xi declared the official commissioning of the newly completed BDS-3 system. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, officially announced the commissioning of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) on Friday. Xi made the announcement while attending the completion and commissioning ceremony for the newly completed BDS-3 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. After the ceremony, Xi visited the exhibition of the construction and development of the BDS, and listened to the introduction of project construction, o

By An Puzhong and Yang Longquan BEIJING, July 31–According to the recruiting office of the Ministry of National Defense(MND) of the People's Republic of China, the recruitment videos for 2020 were officially released on July 30, appealing for young people to join the Chinese military. The two recruitment videos for 2020 were jointly produced by the National Defense Mobilization Department under the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the China Media Group. One of the videos displays the training and growth experienced by the youth in military camps, while the other one is in micro-film version that shows the personal growth from the perspective of an enlisted college student. Starting from July 30th, these two short videos will begin to be targeted and accurately pushed to a wide range of young people and applicant groups across the country on traditional television and advertising media, as well as on the Internet and social media platforms. At the same time, various branch

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), announced on Friday the completion and commissioning of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS) at a ceremony marking the launching of the system. Xi and other Chinese leaders attended the ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. At the event, Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the CMC, read a congratulatory message by the CMC. A new and updated BeiDou-3 satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on June 23. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, is the 30th BDS-3 satellite and the 55th in the BeiDou satellite family. The system will offer high-precision positioning and short message communication, which will bring global navigation satellite systems to new heights. Three phases of BDS development Named after the Chinese word fo

  Source: bangladeshpost.net   August 1, 2020 marks the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The past 93 years have witnessed glorious achievements made by the PLA under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In the face of profound changes unseen in a century in the world today, the PLA thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military, and strictly adheres to the military strategic guideline for a new era. The PLA would focus on military preparedness, advances reform and innovation, deliver on orders and instructions earnestly, with a view to making further progress in strengthening and revitalizing the military. The CPC's Absolute Leadership over the Military On August 1, 1927, the forerunner of the PLA, led by the CPC, held an uprising in Nanchang city, which marked the CPC had established its own military, six years after its own founding. The PLA, under the leadership of the

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- A university-based research center on veterans' ideological and political buildup and the protection of their rights has been established in China. Based in the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, it was launched as per an agreement between the university and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. As the first think tank the ministry has set up at a higher education institution, the center is created to provide intellectual support for the formulation of veterans' affairs-related policies and systems as well as for related work, according to the ministry.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/31/content_9871442.htm

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have honored 13 military officers and soldiers as "the Most Beautiful Military Personnel of the New Era." Jointly announced by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, the 13 individuals were commended for their pioneering work in building a strong military in the new era. The laureates were unveiled ahead of China's Army Day, which falls on Aug. 1. This year marks the 93rd founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/31/content_9871418.htm

Young recruits in Anqing, East China's Anhui Province undergo a medical examination on Wednesday. Physical examinations for military recruits have been carried out across China as many young people apply to join in the People's Liberation Army. Photo: VCG China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday released a military recruitment video for 2020, showcasing the country's military capability and its armed forces, domestically developed weapons and aircraft, which has already racked up millions of views on social media. China's Army Day is marked on August 1 every year, the founding day of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Ahead of the anniversary on Saturday, authorities in several cities and provinces also released recruitment videos featuring local characteristics to motivate young people to join the army. The video released by Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, home to the oldest ancient capital city in China, starts with the Terracotta Warriors

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Tibet military command recently conducted artillery exercises in high-altitude areas to test the army's long-range precision strikes and fire-assault capabilities in plateau environments, said Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, on Thursday. Such exercises are part of the annual training plan and target no particular country, Ren said in response to a question at a regular press conference. source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/31/content_9870950.htm

Soldiers from a branch of the border defense forces in Yantai, Shandong province, see off a demobilized soldier. [Photo by Tang Ke/For China Daily] BEIJING -- China will increase pensions and subsidies for disabled military personnel, family members of martyrs and Red Army veterans, according to a statement jointly issued by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. Pension allowances for disabled military personnel, police officers, civil servants and militia members, as well as family members of martyrs and deceased military personnel, will be increased by 10 percent starting from Aug 1, China's Army Day, the statement said. The subsidies for Red Army veterans and other groups, including military personnel who retired due to illness, will also be raised by 10 percent, the statement said. source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/31/content_9870949.htm

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has come a long way since its birth during the armed uprising in the city of Nanchang on August 1, 1927, when it had only 20,000 soldiers. With two million servicemen, today's PLA pledges to build up new types of combat forces that have the ability to conduct special operations, all-dimensional offense and defense, amphibious operations, far seas protection and strategic projection. Over the past few years, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has reshaped the PLA and is leading it to become a world-class military force.   World-class forces The Chinese president's thinking on strengthening the military answers the fundamental questions of what kind of armed forces China is pursuing and how China should go about building them. In December 2012, barely a month after he assumed the top post in the Party,

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be held in Beijing in October, according to a decision made at a CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting on Thursday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. The CPC Central Committee Political Bureau will present its work report to the fifth plenary session, where attendees will also assess the proposals for formulating the 14th Five-Year (2021-2025) Plan for Social and Economic Development and future targets for 2035, according to a statement issued after the meeting. The CPC Central Committee Political Bureau also studied the current economic situation at Thursday's meeting and made arrangements for the economic work for the second half of the year.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/30/content_9870651.htm

The naval aviation units of the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army conducts routine exercises in the South China Sea. [Photo/mod.gov.cn] The naval aviation units of the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army conducted routine exercises in the South China Sea that improved pilots' combat techniques and overall all-weather fighting capability of the units, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The units trained planes such as H-6G and H-6J bombers, as well as other new war planes, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense. The "high-intensity exercises" were conducted in the South China Sea, featuring drills such as taking off during day and night settings, long distance assault, and attacking maritime surface targets, he told a regular news briefing. "The drills have met training expectations," he said, adding the exercises are planned drills in this year's training sch

BEIJING, July 30 -- More than 950,000 troops have participated in battling floods in southern China as of July 28 since the flood season this year, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) at a regular press conference in Beijing on July 30. "The whole military puts the safety of the people's lives and property in the first place, moves quickly and goes all out to carry out rescue and disaster relief work,” said Ren Guoqiang, while introducing the general situation of the Chinese military's participation in the flood control and disaster relief. According to Ren, as of July 28, the Chinese military has sent 725,000 troops, 228,500 militiamen, 7,749 boats, and 54,116 construction machinery and vehicles in total to participate in 3,749 rescue operations. The military has assisted in the transfer of 137,000 people and over 4,560 tons of materials from the disaster-stricken areas. There are over 11.8 million sandbags

BEIJING, July 30 -- The Chinese PLA Army and Air Force will send troops to Russia to participate in the International Army Games (IAG) 2020 held from August 23 to September 5, Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. The PLA Army's troops will participate in five competitions, namely the "Tank Biathlon", "Safe Environment", "Masters of Armored Vehicles", "Army Scout Masters", and "Open Water" competitions, Ren introduced, adding that PLA Air Force will take part in the "Airborne Platoon" competition. "At such a critical moment in fighting COVID-19, the Chinese military's participation in Russia's IAG aims to further strengthen the strategic cooperation between the Chinese and Russian militaries and deepen their practical cooperation in military training," Ren stressed. The spokesperson pointed out that the participation of China will also

BEIJING, July 30 -- From July 7 to 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Senior Officials' Meeting Plus and the ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (ASPC) held video conferences, and Chinese military's representatives participated in the video conferences in Beijing, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND), in a regular press conference on Thursday. According to Ren, the Chinese military's representatives and the other participating parties of the ASEAN countries exchanged views on the military's participation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the international and regional security situation, and discussed on strengthening the coordination of the two meetings. The Chinese side emphatically introduced the Chinese military's experience in fighting COVID-19 pandemic at home and relevant information on conducting international cooperation in the fight against CO

BEIJING, July 30 -- "China and India have conducted effective communication and coordination through both diplomatic and military channels since the clash at the Galwan Valley region. At present, the situation in this region tends toward de-escalation, and the disengagement between the border troops of the two countries is gradually carried forward," said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense（MND）at a regular press conference on July 30. As for the future development of China-India relationship, Snr. Col. Ren stressed that China and India are important neighbors to each other, so maintaining peace and tranquility in the border areas is in the common interests of both sides. Ren hopes that the Indian side will work with the Chinese side towards the same goal and follow the important consensus reached by both leaders. "We expect the Indian side will proceed from the overall situation of maintaining China-India relations and

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A company of the 74th Group Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Wednesday was honored with the title of "role model of the times" in recognition of its outstanding service. The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced the decision through an online release ceremony. The heroic unit, known as the "hard-boned sixth company," fought 161 battles in wars, including the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese People's War of Liberation, and the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. The company has won the first-class merit citation eight times. China's Ministry of National Defense conferred the honorary title of "hard-boned sixth company" to the unit in 1964. The 93rd founding anniversary of the PLA will fall on Aug. 1.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/30/content_9870454.htm

China launches the last satellite of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, June 23, 2020. [Photo by Hu Xujie/For chinadaily.com.cn] BEIJING -- The 55th and last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has commenced operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests and network access evaluations, according to a statement from China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office Wednesday. Launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on June 23, the satellite is a geostationary earth orbit satellite of the BDS 3 system, which has been offering basic navigation services to countries and regions along the Belt and Road, as well as the world, since December 2018. According to the office, the satellite will offer users positioning, navigation and timing services. It was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology. Named after the Chinese term for the Big Dipper

Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), presents a certificate of order at a ceremony to promote Xu Zhongbo, political commissar of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, to the rank of general, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2020.(Xinhua/Li Gang) BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Wednesday presented a certificate of order at a ceremony to promote Xu Zhongbo, political commissar of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, to the rank of general. The ceremony was held by the CMC in Beijing. General is the highest rank for officers in active service in China.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/29/content_9868846.htm

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to award citations for merit to three military units and five individuals. The Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark and an institute under the Academy of Military Sciences were honored with first-class citations for merit. Professor Shan Dongsheng with the Army Academy of Armored Forces, Professor Wan Mingjie with the Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense, and Professor Da Lianglong with the Naval Submarine Academy were awarded second-class citations for merit. Senior Engineer Tan Keke of Troop 96911 and Senior Engineer Hu Xiaofeng with the National Defense University were honored with third-class citations for merit.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/29/content_9868591.htm

J-15 practices nighttime air-to-air refueling. (Photo By Li Chun) By Liu Shaowei and Zhang Fuhua HULUDAO, July 29 -- Recently, two J-15 carrier-based fighter jets attached to a ship-borne aviation unit under the PLA Navy (PLAN) have successfully completed the nighttime buddy refueling training in air space, marking a new breakthrough in their all-weather long-range combat capability. Aerial refueling, also known as centimeter-level flight, is universally recognized as one of the most challenging flight events, as it is extremely easy for the aircraft to scratch or even collude in the dim light against a dark background. This time's nighttime buddy refueling training was conducted between two carrier-based J-15 fighters, which are only about 10 meters separated during the aerial refueling process. This placed extremely high requirements on the pilots' operational skills, physiological and psychological conditions, and cooperation capabilities. According to Zhang Ye, command

Local people participate in the open day activities. By Zhang Wei and Zhao Yan LHASA, July 29 -- To celebrate the upcoming China's Army Day, the PLA air force's troops in Xizang Autonomous Region holds the third open day activities on Tuesday in Lhasa, attracting thousands of local people from all ethnic groups to take a tour. On the open day, after performances of guard boxing and bayonet charge exercise, multi-type military aircraft soared into the sky successively, carrying out a number of tactical training courses, such as low pass, high-speed rolling, and release of jamming bombs. Afterwards, the visitors took a closer look at the aircraft and posed for photos with the pilots. Zhang Bo, one of the local visitors said that this was the first time for him to watch an aerobatic show at such close range, and he was particularly amazed by the highly difficult technical movements of the military aircraft. Zhang Honglian, one of the participating pilots and a squadron leade

China's unmanned Mars probe, Tianwen 1, blasts off on a Long March 5 rocket in Hainan, July 23, 2020. [Photo by Guo Wenbin/China Daily] China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe has begun to conduct scientific operations, according to designers of one of its scientific payloads. The Mars Energetic Particle Analyzer, mounted on the spacecraft's orbiter, was activated late Friday night and has transmitted data back to ground control, according to a statement from the Lanzhou Institute of Physics of the China Academy of Space Technology and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is the first of 13 scientific apparatuses on the probe to start operating and will be the longest working device during the spacecraft's seven-month journey toward Mars' gravitational field, the statement said. The instrument is tasked with measuring the spatial radiation environment of Mars and along the Earth-Mars transfer trajectory, as well as investigating a variety

Wu Bingjiang has remained vigilant over emergencies as a veteran firefighter, which landed him a voluntary job for flood relief in Jiangxi province earlier this month. Wu, a native of Maoming, Guangdong province, retired from a fire squadron in Xibaipo town, Hebei province, in 2018. While awaiting his result from his entrance examination for university studies in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, he caught the news about Jiangxi's flood emergency response being raised to the highest level on July 11. "I felt it was serious. With fires, when it is Level 1, we get fully equipped and ready to fight 24 hours," Wu recalled. "I thought that when the country needs me, I should stand up. Although I have retired, I should still do my part." He immediately contacted local veteran service stations and fire brigades in Jiangxi to offer help. He then came across a post online sent by Wang Siyuan, a veteran soldier in Shanghai calling for volunteers in Jiangxi. "As a

Fu Haihong (right) and other soldiers stand ready to fight flooding on the embankment they protect in Yongxiu county of Jiujiang city, East China's Jiangxi province. [Photo/Xinhua] For Fu Haihong, it seems to be his destiny to fight floods. Twenty-two years ago, when Fu's mother was seven months pregnant with him, their home, along with the houses of many other families in Sipu village in East China's Jiangxi province, was inundated by floods. It was PLA soldiers, sent to fight the floods in the region, who transported his mother to safety using a dinghy. Fu was born after the floods receded. To help the boy remember the gratitude to his rescuers throughout his life, his parents named him "Haihong" - in Chinese "hai" means "sea" and "hong" means "flood". That year, catastrophic floods across the country killed more than 3,000 people, and destroyed almost 5 million homes. In 2016, 18-year-old Fu joined the People's

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the fifth annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) via video link, in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for making the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) a new platform that promotes development for all its members and facilitates the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Xi made the remarks when addressing via video link the opening ceremony of the fifth annual meeting of the multilateral development bank. He called on efforts to make the AIIB a new type of multilateral development bank that promotes development across the world, a new type of development platform progressing with the times, a new type of high-performance institution for international cooperation and a new paradigm of multilateral cooperation. The AIIB, proposed by Xi in late 2013, was officially la

Camping module (Photo by Yan Chipeng) By Lai Yuhong and Jing Bin BEIJING, July 28 – Recently, the first modular camping and supporting system, which was piloted by the Joint Logistic Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has passed the procedure of evaluation and been officially distributed to the military. The system provides various modules that can be quickly-assembled into a field camp, which includes tent, container, steel-structured house, and combination modules. According to the characteristics of specific tasks and environmental conditions, the troops can carry out flexible insertion and assembly, so as to facilitate quick maneuver capability and better support for the troops. As a mature industrialized product, the inflatable tent of the system is lightweight, simple in structure, and quick to open, which can be flexibly put together and be integrated with multiple functional modules including commanding, accommodation, conference, storage, din

KUNMING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 205 Chinese peacekeepers Tuesday left Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, for Lebanon on a one-year United Nations peacekeeping mission. The team is the first batch of China's 19th group of peacekeepers sent to Lebanon. The second batch of 205 peacekeepers will leave for the Middle Eastern country on August 18. The 410-member peacekeeping task force will consist of a multifunction sapper unit, a construction sapper unit and a medical unit. They will perform duties including mine clearance, construction and humanitarian rescue. The peacekeepers, who are carrying anti-epidemic materials, will first finish a 14-day quarantine in Lebanon before starting duty. Before departure, the peacekeepers underwent professional and language training, studied courses on preventing COVID-19, finished nucleic acid testing, and studied Lebanese laws and customs.   source http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-07/28/content_9866015.htm

About 500 soldiers from the People's Liberation Army left Zongyang county of East China's Anhui province on Monday morning. The county along the Yangtze River has been suffering from severe floods since the beginning of July. With more than half a month of hard work by the soldiers on the frontline, the flooding situation has been brought under control. On hearing the soldiers were leaving, many local residents rushed to the troops' temporary base at a school, carrying agricultural products of their own, including lotus seeds, grapes and boiled eggs. A China Daily reporter had observed the soldiers for days, finding that they often didn't have time for a meal or sleep as the flood relief work has been a race against time. As the soldiers left Zongyang, they were rushing northwards to Lujiang county, which lies beside Chaohu Lake, the country's fifth-largest freshwater lake, to continue their flood relief work. The troops had arrived at Lujiang and had been as

Major General Su Guanghui (L), China's defence attaché to the UK, attends a reception event in celebration of the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China on July 26, 2019. This year marks the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China. Over the past 93 years, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, the PLA has made its mark in history with splendid achievements. It has committed itself to the liberation and wellbeing of the Chinese people, and to the independence and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Over the past 93 years and with complete dedication to the people, the PLA has served the people wholeheartedly as per its founding principles. Entering the New Era, guided by the Xi Jinping Thoughts on building a strong military, the PLA remains true to its original aspiration and keeps its mission firmly in mind. It has faithfully fulfilled every mission entrusted by the Party and the people. No