By Senior Colonel Wu Qian, Director Basic of the Info Workplace of the Ministry of Nationwide Protection (MND) and Spokesperson for the MND
(The next English textual content of the press convention is for reference. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the Chinese language textual content shall prevail.)
I’ve 5 items of stories to announce on the high.
First,the Beijing Xiangshan Discussion board Webinar 2022 will probably be held on the PLA Academy of Army Sciences from December 1 to 2. Specializing in hotspot points concerning worldwide safety, the webinar will probably be a platform for individuals to have candid dialogues, share insights and construct consensus. It should contribute new ideas and knowledge to collectively tackling international safety challenges and selling peace and improvement. On the theme of “AdvancingGlobal Safety Initiative and Collectively Safeguarding Peace and Growth”, the webinar could have six agenda objects, specifically “safety, stability and peaceable improvement within the Asia-Pacific”, “affect of regional conflicts on international safety”, “evolution of the type of conflict”, “main international locations’ pursuit of self-interests and their duties to international safety”, “upholding growing international locations’ pursuits within the evolving geopolitical panorama”, and “sharing advantages of technological improvement below the circumstances of globalization”. Greater than 40 specialists and students from 14 international locations and one worldwide group have confirmed their attendance.
As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the tenth Beijing Xiangshan Discussion board will proceed to be postponed.
Second, the Worldwide Army Personnel Coaching Webinar will probably be held on the PLA Army Logistics Academy from December 8 to 9. The occasion will probably be held on-line on the theme of “Challenges and ResponsesinInternational Army Personnel Coaching within the New Period”.There will probably be navy representatives from over ten international locations, together with Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Republic of Congo, Gabon and Tanzania, and individuals from greater than 20 Chinese language navy academies and establishments together with the Nationwide College of Protection Know-how. Specializing in topics comparable to the event of coaching techniques, innovation in administration, and worldwide communication and exchanges, the webinar will research the challenges posed by the pandemic to worldwide navy personnel coaching, share helpful expertise and discover future directionsin that space. The webinar will assist enhance the standard and effectivity of worldwide navy personnel coaching and supply extra expertise to serve the constructing of a neighborhood with a shared future for mankind.
Third, based on the settlement between the Chinese language and Vietnamese militaries, the PLA Southern Theater Command and the Vietnam Folks’s Navy will perform the thirty third joint patrol in Beibu Bay from November 24 to 25. The joint patrol is a pleasant routine trade between the 2 militaries, aiming to advertise good-neighborliness and conventional friendship between China and Vietnam, protect safety and stability within the waters of Beibu Bay, and promote the wholesome and regular improvement of China-Vietnam mil-to-mil relations.
Fourth, as agreed by either side, the Chinese language and Lao militaries will maintain the third border protection friendship trade within the border area on the finish of November. The trade is geared toward implementing the vital consensus reached by the state and navy leaders, deepen conventional friendship, strengthen strategic mutual belief and border protection cooperation between the 2 militaries, and preserve peace and stability within the border areas.
Fifth,the Chinese language and Argentine militaries held a video convention on navy drugs on November 22, which was attended by leaders of well being departments, and specialists in illness management, well being service, and different associated fields from either side. The individuals exchanged views on matters such because the navy’s involvement in COVID-19 prevention and management, and well being service in navy operations. Chinese language specialists particularly launched the Chinese language navy’s improvement and software of the COVID-19 vaccines. The 2 sides agreed to take this occasion as a possibility to strengthen their communication and cooperation within the subject of drugs, and make optimistic contributions to constructing a world neighborhood of well being for all.
Query: When inspecting the Joint Operations Command Heart (JOCC) of the Central Army Fee (CMC), President Xi Jinping burdened that the navy ought to focus its efforts on bettering fight readiness, improve its functionality to battle and win, and successfully fulfill its missions and duties within the new period. What measures will the navy take to strengthen coaching and fight readiness?
Reply: President Xi, additionally normal secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the CMC, and commander-in-chief of the CMC JOCC, inspected the JOCC on November 8. The inspectionshows the perspective of the brand new CMC on implementing the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress and enhancing coaching and fight readiness. In the course of the inspection, President Xi gave an vital speech and expounded on a sequence of main problems with elementary, directional and general significance, together with extra rapidly enhancing the aptitude to battle and win and successfully fulfilling the navy’s missions and duties within the new period. President Xi additionally underlined the JOCC’s distinctive place and function. The inspection will additional align the considering and motion of the navy with the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress, encourage all officers and troopers to press forward with fortitude to understand the navy’s centenary aim, and obtain larger victories and glories on the brand new journey within the new period.
The world isn’t peaceable and peace must be defended. Asthe evolution of the nice modifications unseen in a century accelerates, China’s nationwide safety is dealing with extra uncertainties and instability.The duty of strengthening navy preparedness is demanding. The report back to the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress requires the navy toimprove coaching and fight readiness throughout the board and strengthen the aptitude to battle and win. It’s a strategic requirement made by the Get together to the navy on the premise of an correct understanding of the altering traits. It’s also in step with the missions and duties of the navy and the navy’s centenary aim.
First, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese language Traits for a New Period, the individuals’s navy will implement the Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army and the navy strategic guideline for a brand new period, have a profound understanding of the decisive significance of creating Comrade Xi Jinping’s core place on the Get together Central Committee and within the Get together as a complete and defining the guiding function of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese language Traits for a New Period; strengthen our consciousness of the necessity to preserve political integrity, assume in big-picture phrases, comply with the management core, and hold in alignment with the central Get together management; improve our confidence within the path, idea, system, and tradition of socialism with Chinese language traits, and resolutely uphold Comrade Xi Jinping’s core place on the Central Committee and within the Get together as a complete and uphold the Central Committee’ authority and its centralized, unified management; and perform the CMC chairman accountability system and keep completely loyal, pure, and dependable.
Second, we are going to research and acquire a greater understanding of the traits of informationized and clever warfare and the legal guidelines that govern it, and develop new navy strategic steerage and methods and techniques of the individuals’s conflict.
Third, we are going to set up a robust system of strategic deterrence, improve the proportion of new-domain forces with new fight capabilities, pace up the event of unmanned, clever fight capabilities, and promote coordinated improvement and software of the community info system.
Fourth, we are going to optimize the command system for joint operations and improve our techniques and capability for reconnaissance and early warning, joint strikes, battlefield assist, and built-in logistics assist.
Fifth, we are going to strengthen lifelike coaching, deepen joint coaching, force-on-force coaching and high-tech coaching, improve regularized and diversified employment of navy forces, and stay steadfast and versatile in finishing up navy operations, in order to enhance our fight capabilities as quick as potential.
Query: The CMC not too long ago issued a suggestion on learning, selling and applyingthe spirit of the twentieth Nationwide Congress of the Communist Get together of China (CPC) within the navy. Please inform us extra about what the navy has achieved and can do on learning, selling and implementing the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress.
Reply: In keeping with the preparations and necessities made by the CPC Central Committee and the CMC, the main target of the navy in learning, selling and making use of the spirit of the congress is reaching the navy’s centenary aim. Following the requirement of learning,understanding and making use of the spirit in an all-round approach, and strengthening consciousness, motion and implementation,we’ve got rigorously deliberate and arranged related actions to start out a learning marketing campaign within the navy.
On November 4, the navy’s first public lecture on learning and making use of the spirit of the congress was held in Beijing.After that, the 14 members of the lecturing staff have been divided into seven teams to provide 34 lectures throughout the navy. They willgive complete interpretation and illustration of the spirit tomilitary models on matters such because the theme and main outcomes of the congress, work previously 5 years and nice modifications within the first decade of the brand new period, blazing a brand new frontier in adapting Marxism to the Chinese language context and the wants of our occasions, and advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese language nation on all fronts via a Chinese language path to modernization.
As well as, lecturing groups composed of delegates to the congress, senior officers, specialists from navy universities and political instructors in navy models have been shaped to hold out diversified and interactive selling activitiesamong primary-level troops.Service members have organized research actions and discussions to share their understanding and considering on the vital thought, views, methods, and measures contained within the spirit. All these actions and efforts have deepened the troops’understanding of the spirit.
Learning, selling and making use of the spirit of the congress is the first political job for the Get together, the nation and the navy in the intervening time and for a interval to come back. The PLA Nationwide Protection College will host a seminar onstudying and making use of the spirit for senior officers. We are going to set up theoretical analysis groups within the navy to jot down articles to interpret the spirit. The navy will resolutely implement President Xi Jinping’s vital directions on the learning marketing campaign, comprehend the decisive significance of creating Comrade Xi Jinping’s core place on the Get together Central Committee and within the Get together as a complete and defining the guiding function of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese language Traits for a New Period, and really align our considering and actions with the spirit of the congress. We are going to take stable and efficient steps to place the foremost choices and preparations made on the congress into observe, and make a contribution to reaching the navy’s centenary aim and constructing a world-classmilitary.
Query: Please transient us on the Chinese language navy’s efforts to introduce the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress to the surface world.
Reply: After the profitable conclusion of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress, the Chinese language navy took lively efforts to introduce the spirit of the Get together Congress to the surface world. On the ASEAN Protection Ministers’ Assembly (ADMM) Plus and the China-Africa Peace and Safety Discussion board, the Chinese language facet highlighted China’s insurance policies and visions of practising the World Safety Initiative, constructing a neighborhood with a shared future for mankind, and sustaining world peace and stability. We organized symposiums and exchanges with navy attachés in China from 19 international locations together with Russia, Laos, Hungary, South Africa, and Mexico to interpret the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress. We additionally organized overseas navy attachés from 19 international locations together with Pakistan, Egypt and Israel to go to the 14th AirshowChina and troops of the PLA Southern Theater Command, throughout which they’ve witnessed China’s achievements in strengthening the navy within the new period.
Many overseas protection and navy leaders andforeign navy attachés have despatched their congratulations to us on the success of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress. They recommended the marvelous achievements made by China within the decade of the brand new period, spoke extremely of China’s optimistic contribution to world peace and improvement, and wished the Chinese language navy to realize the navy’s centenary aim.
Query: In his latest assembly with visiting Basic Secretary of the Communist Get together of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong, President Xi burdened that China and Vietnam ought to preserve high-level communication and strategic dialogue between the 2 militaries. Is there any new association for navy exchanges and cooperation between the 2 sides?
Reply: China and Vietnam are shut neighbors and mates related by the identical mountains and rivers. We’re good comrades and companions sharing similar pursuits and a typical future. In recent times, below the strategic steerage of the leaders of each Events and international locations, the 2 militaries have seen frequent high-level interactions, stable progress in mechanism constructing, clean anti-pandemic cooperation, and main headway in joint patrol and different sensible cooperation, which have enriched the scale of the China-Vietnam complete strategic partnership within the new period.
When attending the ADMM Plus in Cambodia on November 21, State Councilor and Protection Minister Basic Wei Fenghe held talks with Vietnamese Protection Minister Basic Phan Van Giang. The 2 protection ministers had an in-depth trade of views on the state-to-state and mil-to-mil relations between China and Vietnam, worldwide and regional conditions, and different problems with commoninterest.
Below the brand new circumstances, we’re prepared to work with the Vietnamese facet to implement the vital consensus reached by leaders of the 2 Events and two international locations, and preserve high-level communication and strategic dialogue, deepen communication and cooperation in border and coastal protection, enhance related mechanisms, and have lively cooperation in political work, joint workouts and coaching, tutorial and assume tank exchanges, and personnel coaching, in order to make optimistic contributions to worldwide and regional peace and stability.
Query: Throughout Pakistani Prime Minister’s go to to China in early November, the 2 international locations launched a joint assertion saying that stronger strategic protection and safety cooperation between China and Pakistan is an importantfactor for peace and stability within the area. Might you please transient us on the brand new preparations for the trade and cooperation between Chinese language and Pakistani militaries?
Reply: China and Pakistan are good mates, good companions and good brothers. Below the strategic steerage of the leaders, the 2 international locations have all the time supported one another and striven ahead collectively, demonstrating the iron-clad friendship between the 2 international locations.
The mil-to-mil relationship between China and Pakistan is a vital pillar of bilateral ties. In recent times, the 2 international locations have strengthened strategic coordination, deepened sensible cooperation, enhanced the aptitude of collectively responding to dangers and challenges, and labored collectively toprotect peace and stability within the area. China stands able to work with the Pakistani facet to implement the vital consensus reached by the state leaders, preserve the momentum in high-level navy exchanges, and deepen cooperation in navy coaching, joint workouts, and navy expertise. We willelevatebilateral cooperationto a brand new degree, add new impetus into the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and make new contributions to regional peace and stability.
Query: President Xi Jinping not too long ago met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The 2 sides reached a five-point consensus, which incorporates the “early opening of a direct phone line below the maritime and air liaison mechanism between protection departments”. Is there any progress in that?
Reply: Since its institution in 2018, the maritime and air liaison mechanism between the protection ministries of China and Japan has labored effectively generally and performed a optimistic function in safeguarding peace and stability within the East China Sea. At current, after a number of rounds of consultations, the 2 protection ministries have made optimistic progress on establishing a direct phone line, the development of which is predicted to start out quickly.
Query: The senior officers assembly and the navy drugs convention below the Second China-Africa Peace and Safety Discussion board have been held by way of video hyperlink not too long ago. Might you please share with us extra related info on the occasions and China-Africa peace and safety cooperation in recent times?
Reply: In July 2022, President Xi Jinping despatched a congratulatory letter to the Second China-Africa Peace and Safety Discussion board, declaring the best way ahead for China-Africa peace and safety cooperation. In recent times, below the strategic steerage of Chinese language and African leaders, the exchanges and cooperation between Chinese language and African armed forces have made regular progress when it comes to high-level exchanges, joint workouts and coaching, gear and expertise, personnel coaching, and navy well being service.
On November 14, the Second China-Africa Peace and Safety Discussion board Video Convention on Army Drugs was held in Beijing. Below the theme of “Position of the Army in Responding to Public Well being Emergencies”, representatives and medical specialists from navy well being departments of the PLA and 21 African international locations’ militaries exchanged their views and had skilled discussions. All events agreed to strengthen China-Africa navy medical cooperation to jointlyaddress challenges in public well being subject. On November 17, the Second China-Africa Peace and Safety Discussion board Senior OfficialsMeeting was held in Beijing by way of video hyperlink. Protection officers from China and 16 African international locations attended the occasion. All events agreed that they need to deal with worldwide and regional safety challenges, proceed to advertise the implementation of the World Safety Initiative (GSI), and construct a China-Africa neighborhood with a shared future within the new period.
Standing at a brand new historic start line, China is prepared to work with African armed forces to strengthen strategic communication, develop exchanges in skilled fields, and push for larger progress in China-Africa peace and safety cooperation.
Query: In keeping with the Diplomat, a US-based journal, the PLA Navy(PLAN) hospital ship Ark Peace’s go to to Indonesia this month confirmed that China-Indonesia cooperation in related fields is predicted to deepen additional within the subsequent few years. Please share with us extra details about the hospital ship’s go to to Indonesia.
Reply: From November 10 to 18, the PLAN hospital ship Ark Peace carried out “Mission Concord-2022” and paid a pleasant go to to Jakarta, Indonesia and supplied medical servicesthere. That may be a concretestep to comply with up and implement the vital consensus reached by the 2 heads of state. It additionally marks the tenth abroad mission of the Ark Peace. In the course of the hospital ship’s keep in Indonesia, the clinic set on the wharf and onboard medical providers have been in operation concurrently. By usingbothhigh-tech and conventional Chinese language drugs, in addition to resorting to on-line transnational joint session, the hospital ship handled 13,488 native residents and carried out 37 operations, profitable excessive acclaim from the Indonesian individuals and abroad Chinese language. Vessels from China and Indonesia additionally carried outjoint maritime workouts and coaching, and performed intensive and in-depth exchanges and discussions.
As well as, I wish to share with you a narrative a couple of Peace Child. The hospital ship primarily handled native residents, together with abroad Chinese language who work and reside in Indonesia. In the course of the go to, a younger couple dispatched by a Chinese language state-owned enterprise to Indonesia determined to ship their child on the ship. The medical workers supplied skilled, meticulous and thoughtful providers to the pregnant girl, who then gave beginning to a child onboard secure and sound. The new child child was named “Fangzhou” (in English “Ark”) by his dad and mom to commemorate the valuable expertise. That is the seventh Peace Child born on the hospital ship, with the formers coming from China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and different international locations, in one other phrase, coming from the world household we share. The new child is a mirrored image of China’s sense of dedication and accountability. The PLAN is dedicated to constructing a neighborhood with a shared future for mankind, and spreading seeds of peace all over the world.
Query: Days in the past, the 14th Airshow China wrapped up efficiently. The excellent efficiency of the PLA Air Drive has attracted nice public consideration. Please additional introduce the air drive’s achievements within the new period.
Reply: From November 8 to 13, the 14th Airshow China was held in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, with the “20 sequence” navy plane together with J-20, Y-20 and YU-20 making a collective look, and several types of weapons and gear being displayed based mostly on their fight roles, comparable to air management, air-to-ground strike, unmanned operation, drive projection, airborne operation and air protection. There are some highlights on the exhibition. Firstly, the J-20 landed in Zhuhai for the primary time after flight demonstration. Secondly, the YU-20 tanker plane was displayed within the air present and performed flight demonstrationfor the primary time. Thirdly, first flight demonstration by the Assault-2 drone. Fourthly, the Air Visitors Management exhibition corridor was arrange for the primary time in the course of the occasion. This 12 months’s air present absolutely demonstrated the achievements made by the PLA Air Drive(PLAAF) in its improvement within the new period, and displayed a brand new look of the PLAAF in studying and making use of the spirit of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress, and striving to realize the navy’s centenary aim.
The PLAAF is open to work along with its counterparts the world over to share expertise, discover the longer term, advocate peace, oppose bullying, and write a extra sensible chapter for collectively safeguarding world peace.
Query: It’s reported that the PLA Navy despatched a delegation to Japan in early November to attend the 18th Western Pacific Maritime Symposium (WPNS). Please share with us related info.
Reply: From November 5 to 9, the PLAN despatched a delegation to Yokohama, Japan, to take part within the 18th WPNS. In the course of the occasion, the delegation made a speech on “Implementing the World Safety Initiative and Sustaining Peace and Stability within the Asia-Pacific”, introducing the primary achievements and significance of the twentieth CPC Nationwide Congress, the Chinese language Navy’s actions in implementing the World Safety Initiative and safeguarding world and regional peace and stability, and related details about the nineteenth WPNS to be hosted by the PLAN in Qingdao in 2024. The PLAN will proceed to deepen communication, exchanges, mutual belief and cooperation with its counterparts all over the world, and make lively preparations for the nineteenth WPNS, in an effort to make larger contributions to serving and constructing a maritime neighborhood of shared future.
Query: It’s reported that the US-China Financial and Safety Overview Fee below the US Congress not too long ago launched its annual report, proposing to evaluation the measures in strengthening the protection of Taiwan and enhancing the US denial capabilities in opposition to the mainland’s assault on Taiwan. What’s your touch upon this?
Reply: China firmly opposes US navy contactwith and arms sale to Taiwan. Within the assembly betweenthe two heads of state on November 14, US President Joe Biden reiterated that the US doesn’t assist “Taiwan independence,” doesn’t assist “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan,” and has no intention to have a battle with China. We hope that the US facet can honor this coverage assertion, and abide by the one-China precept and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiqués, in order to not additional hurt the frequent pursuits of either side.
It must be emphasised that Taiwan belongs to China, and is an inalienable a part of China’s territory. Any try and strengthen US-Taiwan navy contact is improper andinterferes in China’s inner affairs and violates the dedication of the US facet. Any try and comprise the Chinese language mainland by arming Taiwan is only a pipe dream, sure to get badly battered earlier than the steel-willed PLA.
Query: In keeping with overseas media studies, China, the US and Russia not too long ago participated in a cyber safety exercisetogether for the primary time. Might you please share extra particulars with us?
Reply: From November 16 to 17, the ninth ADMM-Plus Professional WorkingGroup on Cyber Safety was held by way of video hyperlink. The Chinese language navy despatched representatives to attend the occasion.
Representatives of the Chinese language navy participated in a cyber safety simulation drill geared toward collectively addressing cyber safety threats, mentioned and exchanged views with different individuals on points like cyber safety and regional cooperation, and advocated that every one events ought to actively preserve peace, safety and stability in our on-line world, in order to collectively promote the development of a neighborhood with a shared future in our on-line world.
Cyber safety is a problem dealing with the world and a severe safety risk dealing with China. China is able to additional exchanges and strengthen cooperation with all events to advertise regional cooperation and customary improvement.
Query: The top of Taiwan’s protection authority not too long ago stated that if there can be a conflict within the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan would battle to the tip and has confidence to win. Lately, a video in regards to the encounterbetween the PLANS Xiamen and Taiwan’s warship Ma Kong has drawn public consideration on the Web. Within the video, Ma Kong made some unreasonable remarks, and PLANS Xiamen responded by saying that the so-called 24 nautical-mile baseline you claimed doesn’t exist in any respect. What’s your touch upon this, please?
Reply: I wish to give PLANS Xiamen a thumb-up for its response. The so-called baseline or different demarcation traces unilaterally arrange by Taiwan are unlawful and invalid. Neither will they alter the truth that Taiwan belongs to China, nor can they cease the PLA from defending nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity.
As for the clamor of some officers of the Democratic Progressive Get together authorities, I wish to warn them that if anybody dares to separate Taiwan from China, the PLA will take resolute measures to crush them.
