The Sharp Blade-2025 International Sniper Competition concluded on Saturday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after four days of intense shooting contests among top snipers from around the world.
A closing ceremony and an award ceremony were held at 09:30 at a training base in the city.
From Tuesday to Friday, some 50 sniper teams from more than 20 countries competed across 12 events covering four categories, namely, basic precision sniping, typical scenario sniping, comprehensive combat sniping, and extreme scenario sniping.
The multi-day competition was organized by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, which, together with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, dispatched 12 teams to participate.
The last day of the competition saw the snipers going head-to-head in their last-ditch efforts to claim the first place. The most challenging among the four events was the one that tested the shooters' long-range sniping skills while they tried to overcome challenges posed by the natural environment.
The Chinese People's Armed Police Force has been hosting the Sharp Blade series of international sniper competition to conduct real combat training while carrying out international military cooperation. The competition has so far been successfully held three times.
"The exchanges among the teams and the sharing of our real combat experiences will eventually be incorporated into our respective real combat training to improve our capabilities of winning battles, so that we can jointly safeguard peace and tranquility," said Li Xiangsheng, who was on the panel tasked with making plans for skills evaluation for the competition.
2025 International Sniper Competition concludes in Xinjiang
China is willing to strengthen communication, enhance trust, eliminate interference, and deepen cooperation with Canada to bring bilateral relations forward on a steady and sound track in solid strides under the new circumstances, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in Beijing on the day.
Referring to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China, the first by a Canadian prime minister in eight years, Wang said the trip marks a milestone in bilateral ties and signals a turning point in the relationship.
The leaders of the two countries will hold meetings and talks, which are expected to open up new prospects for bilateral relations, said Wang.
The world today is undergoing profound and complex changes, and the impact of China-Canada relations transcends the bilateral scope, Wang noted.
Wang said that China and Canada have different social systems, stemming from different historical and cultural heritage, and based on the choices of their respective people.
He urged both sides to view each other in a rational and amicable manner with an inclusive mindset, handle issues on the basis of mutual respect, focus on the agenda of cooperation, and send positive messages so as to foster optimism, inject greater confidence into the development of bilateral relations, and jointly build a new type of strategic partnership between China and Canada.
Anand said the new Canadian government attaches great importance to relations with China. She also added that Prime Minister Carney looks forward to engaging in in-depth exchanges with Chinese leaders during the visit to set the course for the development of bilateral relations, resume dialogue in various fields, pursue more mutually beneficial outcomes, enhance coordination and cooperation in multilateral affairs, and further advance the strategic partnership between the two countries.
China ready to work for steady, sound ties with Canada: FM
