Approach based on 'mutual trust, benefit'

The country's armed forces will continue to actively engage in military exchange and cooperation with their foreign counterparts to strengthen mutual trust and benefit under the new international circumstances, a senior military official has said.

Chinese military diplomacy has always been a key part of the country's comprehensive diplomatic work, and it has been devoted to maintaining world and regional peace and stability, said Huang Xueping, deputy director-general of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defense.

Under the guideline of non-alliance and non-confrontation, the Chinese military has so far formulated a comprehensive diplomatic framework by forming relations with 150 countries and defense consultative mechanisms with 22 countries, Huang told China Daily in an interview.