The Chinese army will build more and better exchange platforms for young and middle-aged officers from China and abroad, Chen Xi, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said at a press conference in Beijing on Friday.
He was responding to a query about recent activities sponsored by the Chinese army, including the 5th China-ASEAN Junior and Mid-level Officer Friendly Exchange and the visit of a delegation of African young and middle-aged military officers to China.
"In the past few years, the Chinese army has regularly invited young and middle-aged officers from the armed forces of ASEAN, African and other countries to China for academic and cultural exchanges, including visits to military academies, grassroots units and local institutions, when they renewed traditional friendship and enhanced mutual understanding and trust. We have learned that many foreign military personnel have forged friendships with young and middle-aged Chinese officers at military academies, and some have even become good friends," he said.
"Young people are the fresh blood to carry forward traditional friendship and cooperation between countries and armies. We will continue to enrich the content and forms of dialog and exchanges, build more and better exchange platforms for young and middle-aged officers from China and abroad, strengthen mutual learning, deepen practical cooperation, and pool wisdom and strength for building a community with a shared future for humanity," he added.
China to build more platforms for military officer exchanges: spokesman
