China-EU Summit held: Chinese Defence Minister Visits DPRK and Japan: Vice Chairman CMC Visits Russia: PLA Conduct ‘Iron Fist-2009’ military exercises;
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    • The China-EU Summit was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on November 30. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso led the respective delegations.1

    Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) during the week. He met with DPRK Defence Minister Kim Yong Chun and discussed relations between the armed forces of the two countries.2 North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told Liang that the DPRK-China friendship, “a treasure inherited from the older generations …” had “stood the test of history and was unbreakable.”3

    Liang went to Tokyo after his Tokyo visit and met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Both leaders discussed measures to further strengthen mutual trust between the two countries.4

    The Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Guo Boxiong visited Moscow and met with President Dmitry Medvedev on November 26. Guo was visiting Russia at the invitation of Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Defense Minister. 2009 marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of China-Russia diplomatic ties.5

    PLA conducted ‘Iron Fist-2009’ military exercises at the Queshan Combined Tactics Training Base of the Jinan Military Area Command (MAC) from November 18-23. The exercises were conducted in “a complicated electromagnetic environment.”6

    Reports noted that the Armament Department of the Chengdu Military Area Command (MAC) of the PLA had made improvements in the techniques used in construction activities in frontier areas.7 Meanwhile, the Jiuhuang Airport in the Aba Tibetan Autonomic Prefecture of Sichuan province, constructed by an aerial defense engineering section of the PLAAF under the Chengdu Military Area Command won the ‘Zhan Tianyou Award’, the highest award for civil engineering in the country.8

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