Military support to peaceful development

The past three decades since China's reform and opening up have witnessed rapid development in the country's build-up of national defense and its armed forces.

Two outstanding changes took place during this period.

One is the change of the mode and doctrine in building the national defense and the armed forces. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been transforming itself from a closed, ill-equipped, oversized force into a modernized power backed by mechanization and informationization.