The People's Liberation Army (PLA) begins a five-day air defense drills in east and central China from August 3 to 7, said Xinhua news agency, following a large-scale military supply drill in the Yellow Sea last month.
China's armed forces will continue to enhance its capabilities and military readiness to safeguard sovereignty, security and development of the nation, Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said Saturday.
Guangdong police forces kick off a series of emergency drills in Guangzhou and Dongwuan, co-host cities of the 16th Asian Games, set for Nov 11 to 27, South China's Guangdong province, July 28, 2010.
China's flood control authorities said floods this year had left 928 people dead and 477 missing all over China as of 9 a.m. July 28. Floods had affected a total of 134 million people in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, resulting in direct economic losses of 176.5 billion yuan ($26.04 billion).
Top Chinese state and military leader Hu Jintao inspected the country's defense forces which will also stage a massive parade in Beijing in celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of New China.
The Type 99, also known as ZTZ-99, developed from the Type 98G (in turn, a development of the Type 98), is a third generation main battle tank (MBT) fielded by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is made to compete with other modern tanks.
J-10 and another indigenous military aircraft fighter-bomber Flying Leopard have become the backbones of the PLA's air defense power, replacing the second-generation fighter jets appeared in the previous parade fighter J-7 and fighter-bomber Q-5.
From midnight of June 30 to wee hours of July 1, 1997, the handover ceremony of the political power of Hong Kong between the governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the UK was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong.
Zhu De served as commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Vice-Chairman of the People's Central Government, Chinese Vice-President and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
As the basis of the PLA, the Army is a service mainly conducting land operations. It consists of such arms as infantry, armor, artillery, air defense, aviation, engineering, signals, chemical defense and electronic countermeasures (ECM), as well as various specialized service units.
