President Hu Jintao urges to focus on joint operations; Azerbaijan’s Defence Minister visits China; 6th Sino-German seminar on security policies held in Beijing; Chinese and Thai marines conduct a joint military training exercise;
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    • Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the University of National Defense to focus on cultivating officers for commanding joint operations last week on Wednesday. He remarked that “the university should push forward construction and reform in an all-around way and provide more intellectual support and talents for the effective fulfillment of the army’s historic mission in the new century”.1

    Last week, the Defence Minister of Azerbaijan visited China where he held talks with his Chinese counterpart on 28 October in Beijing. On this occasion Liang Guanglie underscored that since China and Azerbaijan established diplomatic relations 18 years ago, the bilateral relations had developed smoothly. He highlighted frequent high-level visits and constant expansion of co-operation in all fields.2

    Recently, the 6th Sino-German Seminar on Security Policies for senior military officers was conducted in Beijing on 25 October. On this occasion, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Sun Jianguo met with the participants of the Seminar. He underscored that the Sino-German relations had developed steadily in an all-round way in past years.3

    Reports noted that Chinese and Thai marines had kicked off a joint military training exercise at Sattahip Naval Base on the eastern Thai coast on Thursday last week. Vice Admiral Su Zhiqian, commander of the South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy, has been quoted as saying that the drill had demonstrated the traditional Sino-Thai friendship and cooperation.4

    The 6th National Civil Air Defense Conference was recently held in Beijing on October 26 last week. In this conference, Liang Guanglie, member of the CMC, state councilor, defense minister and deputy director of the National Defense Mobilization Committee of China, reiterated that it was imperative to persistently visualize new situations of the civil air defense. He said that the 11th Five-Year Plan period was a period for China to rapidly develop its economy and society and achieve great success in the modernization drive of its national defense and its army. He reminded that it was also a period for China to speed up development of its civil air defense.5

    The first Pan Asia-Pacific Conference on Military Medicine was held at the National Convention Center in Beijing recently. In the closing ceremony of the conference, Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission, state councilor and defense minister of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), remarked that the establishment of the Pan Asia-Pacific Region Working Group of the International Conference on Military Medicine had provided a new platform for strengthening the exchanges and cooperation of military medicine in the Pan Asia-Pacific region and promoting the development of military medicine of all countries.6

    The National Defense University of the PLA organized the Regular Working Conference on Foreign Military Personnel Training of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on 28 October. On this occasion, Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the PLA, noted that the foreign military personnel training of the PLA was an important reflection of the peaceful diplomatic concept of China, an important content of the Chinese military diplomacy and an important measure of China in fulfilling the international obligation and promoting the construction of a harmonious world.7

    In other developments, the hospital ship “Peace Ark” of the Chinese PLA has recently visited Seychelles. The Chinese media quoted the local people of Seychelles as saying that it was a successful humanitarian visit.8

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