文档介绍：Contents
Preface
I. The Security Situation
II. National Defense Policy
III. Reform and Development of the PLA
IV. The Army
V. The Navy
VI. The Air Force
VII. The Second Artillery Force
VIII. The People's Armed Police Force
IX. National Defense Reserve Buildup
X. The Armed Forces and the People
XI. Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense
XII. Defense Expenditure
XIII. International Security Cooperation
XIV. Arms Control and Disarmament
Appendix I Major International Exchanges of the Chinese Military (2007-2008)
Appendix II Joint Exercises and Training with Foreign Armed Forces (2007-2008)
Appendix III China's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Appendix IV Imports and Exports of Seven Major Types of Conventional Arms of the PRC (2007)
Appendix V Defense Expenditure of the PRC (1978-2007)
Appendix VI Major Military Regulations Issued in 2007 and 2008
Information Office of the State Council
of the People's Republic of China
January 20, 2009, Beijing
The year 2008 was an extraordinary one in the history of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In that year China overcame a devastating earthquake, with the epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province; essfully hosted the 29th Olympic Games and Paralympics in Beijing; and greeted the 30th anniversary of the adoption of reform and opening-up policies.
Historic changes have taken place in the relations between contemporary China and the rest of the world. The Chinese economy has e an important part of the world economy, China has e an important member of the international system, and the future and destiny of China have been increasingly closely connected with the munity. China cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, nor can the world enjoy prosperity and stability without China.
Starting from this new historical turning point, China is unswervingly taking the road of peaceful development, unswervingly carrying out its policies of reform and opening-up and s