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APPENDIX III
MAJOR MILITARY EXCHANGES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN 2001-2002
 

 

Date
Outgoing Visits
Visits to the PRC
Jan.12-15,2001   Minister of Defense, the Philippines
Feb.5-25 Minister of National Defense to VietNam,Laos,Cambodia and Nepal  
Feb.10-16   President of Air Force University, USA
Feb.14-17   National Defense University Capstone Delegation,USA
Feb.16-23   Chief of Air Staff,Pakistan
Feb.17-21   Minister of Defense, Germany
Feb.19-22 Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Russia Second Minister of Deense, Singapore
Feb.20-24   Commander of teh Navy, Venezuela
Feb.27-Mar.4   Chief of Army Staff, ROK
Feb.27-Mar.26 Commander of the Air Force to Japan, ROK, Belgium and Turkey  
Mar.1-3   Minister of Defense, Australia
Mar.6-14   Air War College Delegation, USA
Mar.13-18   Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, USA
Mar.14-19 Commander of the Chengdu Military Area Command to Mongolia  
Mar.16-21   Port call to Shanghai by French naval ships
Mar.18-31 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Tonga  
Mar.23-26   Port call to Shanghai by US naval ships
Mar.28-Apr.11 Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Australia and New Zealand  
Apr.1-7   Goc-in-c, Eastern Command, India
Apr.1-8   MInister of Defense, Gabon
Apr.2-22 President of the National Defense University to Russia, Finland and Turkey  
Apr.7-15   Minister of Defense, Brazil
Apr.8-15   Commander of the Navy, Turkey
Apr.11-25   Chief of Navy Staff, Libya
Apr.13-29 Chief of the General Staff to Pakistan, Myanmar and Maldives  
Apr.17-22 Chief of the General Armaments Department to Ukraine  
Apr.21-30 Commander of the Shenyang Military Area Command to Moldova Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Lebanon
Apr.22-28 Commander of the Navy to France  
Apr.23-28   Minister of Defense, Czech
Apr.23-28   Delegation of Institute of Defense Studies, France
Apr.24-28   National Defense College Delegation, Thailand
Apr.25-May 1   Minister of Defense, Surinam
May 2-Jun.14 PLA naval ships to Pakistan and India  
May 8-28 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Turkey and Tanzania  
May 10-23 Commander of the Guangzhou Military Area Command to Russia and Croatia  
May 10-25 Chief of the General Logistics Department to UK and Germany  
May 11-15   Minister of Defense, Hungary
May 13-19   Vice-Minister of Defense, Thailand
May 13-20   Commander of the Defense Forces, Tonga
May 15-19   Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, Mali
May 19-26   President of the National Defense Academy, South Africa
May 20-26   Chief of air Staff, India
May 21-25   Chief of Defense Staff, Canada
May 21-26   Supreme Commander of Thailand Armed Forces
May 21-27   Commander of the Air Force, Venezuela
May 26-Jun.4   Director of the Fourth Department, Ministry of Defense, Austria
May 27-29   Chief of Air Staff, Italy
May 28-Jun.4   Former First Vice-Minister of Defense, Russia
Jun.3-9   Commander of the Armed Forces, Malta
Jun.6-10   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Turkey
Jun.10-15   Acting Minister of Defense, Zimbabwe
Jun.10-25 President of the University of National Defense Science and Technology to Russia and UK  
Jun.11-18   Minister of Defense, Mongolia
Jun.15-22   Minister of National Defense, Morocco
Jun.16-21   First Sea Lord,UK
Jun.16-Jul.3 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Nigeria, Cameroon and Angola  
Jun.20-22   Minister of Defense, Thailand
Jun.20-26   Minister of Defense, Moldova
Jun.24-29   Minister of Land Management, Power Delegation and Security, Guinea
Jun.26-Jul.3   Chief of the General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Cuba
Jul.4-7   Minister of Defense, Papua New Guinea
Jul.6-28 Political Commissar of the Air Force to Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico  
Jul.8-17   President of the National Defense University, Nigeria
Jul.14-21   Minister of State for National Defense in Charge of Naval Affairs, Nigeria
Jul.18-Aug.7 Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Poland, czech and Slovakia  
Jul.20-27   Chief of the General Staff, Georgia
Jul.31-Aug.3   National Defense University Capstone Delegation, USA
Aug.3-19 Political Commissar of the General Armaments Departmentto Egyptand Syria  
Aug.4-17 Deputy Chief of the General Political Departmentto Cuba  
Aug.11-21   Executive Secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, Zambia
Aug.19-25   Commander of the Defense Forces, South Arica
Aug.19-26   Secretary of State for National Defense, Romania
Aug.19-31   Commander of the Joint Command, Ecuador
Aug.20-24   Port call to Shanghai by Italian naval ships
Aug.21-Sept.5 Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command to Romania and Hungary  
Aug.23-Nov.16 PLA naval ships to Germany, UK, France and Italy  
Aug.25-Sept.18 Minister of National Defense to Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Cǒte d'lvoire, and Nigeria  
Aug.26-31   Commander of teh Defense Forces, Lesotho
Aug.31-Sept.2   Chief of the General Staff of the Defense Forces, Greece
Sept.2-7   Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense and National Service, Tanzania
Sept.3-9   Commander of the Air Force, Colombia
Sept.5-11   National Defense Institute Delegation, Australia
Sept.9-15   Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defense, New Zealand
Sept.13-29 Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait  
Sept.16-Oct.30 PLA naval ships to Australia and New Zealand  
Sept.17-23   Commander of the Air Force, Myanmar
Sept.19-24   Secretary-General of National Defense, Italy
Sept.20-Oct.6 Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Belgium, Holland and Greece  
Sept.22-28   Chief of Air Staff, New Zealand
Oct.2-7   Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Duma, Russia
Oct.2-14   National Defense College Delegation, Sweden
Oct.7-13   Chief of Staff of the Defense Forces, Chile
Oct.8-14   Commander of the Air Force, Chile
Oct.8-15   Chief of Staff of the Defense Forces, Guyana
Oct.15-20   Minister of Defense, Armenia
Oct.15-21   Minister of Defense, Croatia
Oct.15-22   Vice-Minister of Defense, Uruguay
Oct.16-23   Chief of Army Staff, Togo
Oct.17-21   Chief of Air Staff, UK
Oct.20-23   Chief of the General Staff, Russia
Oct.21-25   Port call to Shanghai by Chilean naval ships
Oct.21-25   Chief of the General Staff of the Three Armed Services, Singapore
Oct.21-26   Commander of the Army, South Africa
Oct.21-27   Deputy Commander of the Defense Forces, Australia
Oct.26-29   Port call to Shanghai by ROK naval ships
Nov.4-7   Minister of Defense, New Zealand
Nov.5-10   Port call to Guangzhou by French naval ships
Nov.5-12   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Guinea-Bissau
Nov.9-26 PLA naval ships to Viet Nam  
Nov.10-13   Korean People's Army Friendship Delegation, DPRK
Nov.10-15   Chief of the General Staff, Maldives
Nov.12-19   Commander of the Air Force, Bolivia
Nov.14-30 Political Commissar of the General Logistics Department to Romania, Austria and Mongolia  
Nov.15-Dec.4 Assistant to the Chief of the General Political Department to Hungary and Belarus  
Nov.16-Dec.8 Chief of the General Staff to South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya  
Nov.19-26   Minister of Defense, Yugoslavia
Nov.28-Dec.11 Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff to Bolivia and Ecuador  
Nov.29-Dec.13   Vice-Minister of Defense, Laos
Dec.2-9   Chief of Army Staff, Romania
Dec.7-25 Executive Deputy chief of the General Staff to Italy, Spain and Portugal  
Dec.9-15   Minister of Defense, Holland
Dec.11-15   Commander of the Air Force, Belarus
Dec.11-18   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Kyrgyzstan
Dec.13-19   Minister of Defense, ROK
Dec.14-28 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to India and Bangladesh  
Dec.16-23   Chief of the General Staff, Albania
Jan.14-21,2002   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pakistan
Jan.20-27   Minister of Defense, Cyprus
Jan.21-26   Chief of Air Staff,ROK
Jan.26-30   Commander of the Navy,Indonesia
Jan.29-Feb.9 Political commissar of the guangzhou Military Area command to Australia and New Zealand  
Feb.17-Mar.7 Commander of the Navy to Brazil and Chile  
Feb.23-28   National Defense University Capstone Delegation, USA
Feb.24-Mar.3   Minister of State for Defense, Còte d'lvoire
Mar.4-13  

Air War College delegation, USA

Mar.11-16   Chief of Air Staff, France
Mar.18-Apr.12 Minister of National Defense to Germany, Greece, Croatia, Norway and Romania  
Mar.19-Apr.8 President of the National Defense University to ROK, Japan and Bangladesh  
Mar.20-Apr.8 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji  
Mar.23-28   Chief of Army Staff, UK
Mar.24-29   Port call to Shanghai by Irish naval ships
Mar.25-Apr.2   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Sudan
Apr.1-19 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Namibia, Lesotho and Mozambique  
Apr.2-6   Assistant Chief of Defense Staff, UK
Apr.2-19 Commander of the Shenyang Military Area command to finland, Russia and Moldova Assistant Chief of Defense Staff, UK
Apr.6-13   Chief of Navy Staff, Italy
Apr.15-19   Minister of Defense, Denmark
Apr.16-24   Minister of Defense, Ecuador
Apr.17-20   Minister of Defense, the Philippines
Apr.18-24   President of the General Military Academy, Turkey
Apr.18-30 Political Commissar of the General Amaments Department to Cuba  
Apr.20-28   Minister of State for Defense in Charge of Air force Affairs, Nigeria
Apr.22-25   Minister of Defense, Belarus
May 6-13 PLA naval ships to ROK  
May 11-19   National Defense University Student Delegation, USA
May 11-28 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Egyptand Syria  
May 15-23   Chief of Army Staff, Greece
May 15-Sept.23 PLA naval ships to Singapore, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and French Polynesia Is.(Papeete) on a round-the-world voyage  
May 17-Jun.5 Chief of the General Staff to Ukraine, Belarus and Slovakia  
May 22-28   Commander of the Navy, Myanmar
May 25-Jun.2   Minister of Defense, Mozambique
May 30-Jun.18 Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Area Command to Sudan, Djibouti and Zambia  
May 31-Jun.2   Minister of Defense, Russia
Jun.1-9   Defense College, France
Jun.2-8   Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh
Jun.3-8   Port call to Qingdao by French naval ships
Jun.4-13   National Defense College High-Ranking Officers Class, Thailand
Jun.4-21 Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area command to Russia and Romania  
Jun.6-13   Chief of Army Staff, Brazil
Jun.8-26 Chief of the General Armaments Departmentto Itally, France and South Africa  
Jun.10-14   Commandant of National Defense College, Finland
Jun.10-14   Chief Superintendent of the Navy, Gemany
Jun.10-16   Port call to Qingdao by German naval ships
Jun.10-17   Minister of Defense, Sri Lanka
Jun.13-17   Defense Minister-Level Delegates, Equatorial Guinea
Jun.16-20   Commander of the Air Force, the Philippines
Jun.16-22   Commanders of the Army and Navy, Bolivia
Jun.17-23   Commander of the Armed Forces, Brunei
Jun.17-25   Commander of the Defense Forces, Antigua and Barbuda
Jun.18-22   Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces, Sweden
Jun.18-24   Chief of Navy Staff, France
Jun.18-Jul.7 President of the Academy of Military Science to Egypt and Turkey Defense Minister, Moldova
Jun.21-28   Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Colombia
Jun.22-26   Port call to Shanghai by the Philippines naval ships
Jun.23-Jul.1   President of the National War College, South Africa
Jun.23-Jul.8 Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Guinea, Maliand Mauritania  
Jun.24-30   Supreme commander of Thailand Armed Forces
Jun.25-27   Assistant Secretary of Defense, USA
Jun.25-Jul.1   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Kenya
Jul.1-7   Commandant of Military College of Russian GSHQ
Jul.1-9   Commander of the Defense Forces, East Timor
Jul.3-9   Minister of State for Defense, Benin
Jul.4-9   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Turkmenistan
Jul.8-15   President of the Senior Defense Research Institute, Venezuela
Jul.16-22   Cuban Goodwill Delegation
Jul.19-28 Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command to Mongolia and ROK  
Jul.21-28   Director General of the Directorate of the Vietnam Defense Industries
Jul.25-29   Port call to Shanghai by Canadian navalships
Jul.31-Aug.3   National Defense University Capstone Delegation, USA
Aug.4-11   Chief of the Army,Zambia
Aug.5-8   Vice-Minister of Defense, Azerbaijan
Aug.5-18 Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Poland and Czech  
Aug.9-13   Port call to Shanghai by Malaysian navalships
Aug.14-22   Chief of the Tanzania People's Defense Forces
Aug.14-26 Political Commissar of the General Logistics Department to Slovakia and Greece  
Aug.19-26   Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh
Aug.25-30   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Poland
Aug.27-Sept.1   Port call by Mexican naval ships
Sept.1-7   Chief of Army Staff, Argentina
Sept.2-20 Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff to Austria, Switzerland and Hungary  
Sept.7-29 Minister of National Defense to Canada, Indonesia and Philippines  
Sept.9-23 Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Area Command to Cameroon, Benin and Gabon  
sept.10-15   Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Armenia
Sept.16-20   Chief of the General Staff of the Defense Forces, Hungary
Sept.17-Oct.6 Deputy Chief of the General Political Department to Zimbabwe and Mozambique  
Sept.22-Oct.4 Chief of the General Staff to Cambodia and ROK  
Sept.24-28   Port call to Shanghai by Singaporean naval ships
Sept.25-29   Port call to Qingdao by Australian naval ships
Sept.26-30   Port call to Shanghai by Thai naval ships
Sept.27-30   Port call to Shanghai by New Zealand's naval ships
Oct.8-14   President of the National Defense University, USA
Oct.9-19   Royal College of Defense Studies Delegation, Uk
Oct.9-25 Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Yugoslavia and Gemany  
Oct.15-22   Director General of General Political Department, the Vietnamese Armed forces
Oct.24-27   US NDU Capstone Delegation
Oct.27-Nov.1   Defense Minister of Belgium
Oct.28-Nov.5   Defense Minister of Zimbabwe
Oct.30-Nov.4   Port call to Shanghai by French naval ships
Oct.31-Nov.7   Military College Delegation, Mexico
Nov.17-23   Commander of Navy, South Africa
Nov.20-28   Defense Minister of Ethiopia
Nov.23-Dec.1   GOC-in-C, Central Command, India
Nov.24-Dec.2   Defense Minister of Lebanon
Nov.25-Dec.3   Defense Minister of Burundi
Nov.26-Dec.1   Chief Staff of the Namibia Defense Forces