The PLA undertakes yet another ambitious military exercise; China and Thailand carry out joint military drill; 2010 marks the 55 years of the establishment of nuclear industry in China;
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  • Reports noted that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) began yet another massive and ambitious military exercise on Sunday involving 30,000 soldiers from three divisions across three of China’s seven military area commands. The drill will focus on battle scenarios in a “complex information environment” as well as different terrains and weather conditions. The exercise will include military infantry forces, paratroopers and air force (transport planes, fighter jets and attack helicopters). It will test and improve the forces combat capability in high-tech warfare. It will also test long-distance mobilization capability of ground and air forces and test coordination in defense and striking military targets. During the drill, civilian passenger aircrafts and cargo planes which transport soldiers and military equipments will also be mobilized. However, the date of the completion of the drill has not yet been announced.1 Meanwhile, Chinese and Thai Special Forces kicked off a joint anti-terrorism drill, codenamed “Strike-2010” on Friday. This drill is the third of its kind between the two armies since 2007. The two armies will share their anti-urban experiences among other things in this exercise. The exercise which is being carried out in the city of Guilin, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, will last for 15 days.2

    The year 2010 marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of nuclear industry in China. The recently held “Press Conference for the 55th Anniversary of the establishment of Nuclear Industry” by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) noted that China has the capacity to independently design, build, operate and manage nuclear power stations with capacities of 300,000 kilowatts, 600,000 kilowatts and 1,000,000 kilowatts, developing nuclear power brands through years’ independent innovations. With the regard to the construction and installation of nuclear power, China has acquired core technologies to build nuclear reactors with installed capacities of 300, 000 kilowatts, 600, 000 kilowatts, 700, 000 kilowatts, 900, 000 kilowatts and 1, 000, 000 kilowatts. It has formed a proprietary technology system and intellectual property rights on nuclear power station construction and realized impendent building of nuclear power units with a capacity of 1,000,000 kilowatts including the AP1000, EPR and other G3 nuclear power units.3

    On diplomatic front, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will host the second ASEAN Plus Three forum on non-traditional security threats, which is being convened on October 12 and 13 in Shijiazhuang, capital of the northern Hebei Province. In this convention, defense officials and military officers from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries plus China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will discuss non-traditional security threats.4

    Meanwhile, the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) conferred the UN peace medals to 218 officers and men of the 11th Chinese peacekeeping detachment to Congo (K) on October 7. These medals are a commendation for the outstanding contributions made by them to the promotion of peace process in Congo (K).5

    Reports noted that China would reinforce control and supervision over the quality of weapons and military equipment. In this regard, Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Hu Jintao has signed a decree to publish the new regulation. The new regulation also covers the quality controls on raw materials, computer software and accessories used in armaments.6

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