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Appendix IV Major Military Exchanges with Other Countries in 1999-2000
 

Date
Outgoing Visits
Visits to the PRC
Jan.20-30,1999 Chief of the General Staff to Australia and Malaysia  
Feb.19-Mar.3 Minister of National Defense to Pakistan, Cuba and Mexico  
Feb.24-Mar.3 Chief of the General Armaments Department to Italy  
Feb.25-Mar.1   Port Call to Qingdao by French Naval Ships
Mar.4-9   Special Chief of Staff to the President of Mali
Mar.7-13   Commander of Education and Training, US Air Force
Mar.7-25 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Tunisia, Algeria and Gabon  
Mar.8-15   Director of the Third Department, Ministry of Defense, Austria
Mar.9-26 President of the National Defense University to Uruguay, Brazil and the USA  
Mar.13-18   Port Call to Shanghai by British Naval Ships
Mar.13-Apr.5 Commander of the Air Force to France, UK and Belarus  
Mar.16-21   Chief of Navy Staff, UK
Mar.23-26   Port Call to Qingdao by Singapore Naval Ships
Mar.25-Apr.4   Minister of Defense, Surinam
Mar.30-Apr.3   Minister of Defense, Cambodia
Apr.4-10   Commander of the Army, Turkey
Apr.6-14   Minister of Defense, Mexico
Apr.12-17   Chief of Air Force Staff, Portugal
Apr.13-20   Director of the General Political Bureau, Viet Nam People's Army
Apr.16-23   Chief of the General Staff, Finnish Defense Forces
Apr.26-May2   President of Turkish Comprehensive Military Academy
May 2-8   Minister of Defense, Papua New Guinea
May 3-11   Minister of Defense, Burundi
May 4-12   Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh
May 9-15   Commander of Defense Forces, Botswana
May 9-21 Political Commissar of Nanjing Military Area Command to Poland, Czech and Slovakia  
May 18-23   Commander of the Army, Thailand
May 21-25   Minister of Defense, Australia
May 22-29   Commander of the Navy, Russia
May 23-30   Second Chief of the General Staff, Turkey
May 24-29   Chief of Joint Staff, Pakistan
May 27-29   Secretary of National Security Conference and Security Assistant to the President, Belarus
May 30-Jun.4   Commandant of the National Defense College, Pakistan
May 30-Jun.5   Chief of Staff, Argentina Armed Forces
May 30-Jun.6   Chief of the General Staff, Romania
May 31-Jun.6   Deputy Minister of Defense, Thailand
Jun.5-22 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Spain, Croatia and Greece  
Jun.7-15 Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Russia  
Jun.7-24 Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Syria and Egypt  
Jun.7-27 Political Commissar of the General Armaments Department to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar  
Jun.8-13   Vice Premier and Minister of Defense, Laos
Jun.13-17   Minister of the Defense, Namibia
Jun.16-23   Chief of the General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces
Jun.30-Jul.6   Minister of Defense, Togo
Jul.3-16   Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Poland
Jul.5-12   Supreme Commander of Thailand Armed forces
Jul.13-20   Deputy Minister of the People's Armed Forces, DPRK
Jul.13-Aug.1 Deputy Chief of the General Political Department to Trinidad and Tobago, Peru and Bolivia  
Jul.24-30   Commander of the Army, Brazil
Jul.25-30   Commander of the Army, Malaysia
Aug.9-22 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Finland, switzerland and Romania  
Aug.16-23   Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan
Aug.21-Sep.1   Minister of Defense, Mozambique
Aug.23-29   Minister of National Defense, ROK
Aug.24-28   Assistant Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Israel
Aug.24-31   Deputy Commander of Navy(Political), Viet Nam
Aug.24-31   Minister of Defense, Georgia
Aug.25-Sep.2   Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Tonga
Aug.31-Sep.6   Vice premier and Defense Minister, Turkmenistan
Sep.1-8   Minister of Defense, Uruguay
Sep.6-10   Chief of the General Staff, Czech
Sep.6-13   Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Kuwait
Sep.6-14   Chief of the General Staff, Guinea Armed Forces
Sep.6-21 Deputy Chief of the General Political Department to Austria, Bulgaria and Portugal  
Sep.7-14   Deputy Minister of Defense, Viet Nam
Sep.13-17   Principal of the Institute of National Defense, Indonesia
Sep.14-17   Commander of the Navy, the Philippines
Sep.19-25   Commander of Colombian Armed Forces
Sep.21-25   Chief of the General Staff, Belarus
Sep.26-Oct.7   Minister of Defense, Mali
Oct.2-6   Port Call to Shanghai by Russian Naval Ships
Oct.4-10   Minister of Armed Forces, Madagascar
Oct.11-16   Commander of Royal Forces, Cambodia
Oct.12-Nov.3 Minister of National Defense to Syria, Jordan, Israel and Turkey  
Oct.14-19   President of the Military Commission, Guinea-Bissau
Oct.16-23 Commander of Chengdu Military Area Command to DPRK  
Oct.17-24   Chief of Air Staff, France
Oct.18-24   Chief of Staff, Algerian People's Army
Oct.18-Nov.5 Commander of the Navy to Russia and Egypt  
Oct.26-29   Port Call to Guangzhou by Malaysian Naval Ships
Oct.28-Nov.2   Chief of Defense Staff, UK
Oct.28-Nov.6 Political Commissar of the General Logistics Department to Cambodia and Thailand  
Oct.29-Nov.6   Commander of the Air Force, Czech
Oct.30-Nov.2   Port Call to Shanghai by Australian Naval Ships
Nov.5-10   Principal of the Institute of National Defense, Australia
Nov.7-18 Chief of the General Political Deparment to New Zealand and Australia  
Nov.8-25 Political Commissar of the National Defense University to Turkey and Israel  
Nov.13-29 Principal of the Academy of Military Science to Italy and Russia  
Nov.14-19   Commander of the Air Force, Turkey
Nov.14-20   Chief of Joint Staff, Venezuela Armed Forces
Nov.14-20 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Russia and France  
Nov.15-26   Deputy State Affairs Secretary and Director of General Office of the Ministry of Defense, Hungary
Nov.20-27 Commander of Nanjing Military Area Command to Cuba  
Nov.21-25   Minister of Defense, Albania
Nov.22-28   Administrative Vice Minister for Defense, Japan
Nov.28-Dec.2   Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Greece
Dec.1-5 Chief of the General Staff to Thailand  
Dec.1-7   Minister of Defense, Tanzania
Dec.5-11   Chief of Army Staff, Defense Froces, New Zealand
Dec.6-13   Deputy Chief of Staff for Operation Planning of General Staff Headquarters, Slovakia
Dec.7-14   Chief of the Army Staff, Royal Nepalese Army
Dec.12-17   Chief of the General Staff, Niger Armed Forces
Jan.8-18,2000 Political Commissar of Jinan Military Area Command to Viet Nam and Laos  
Jan.11-29 Minister of National Defense to UK, Russia, ROK and Mongolia  
Jan.18-21   Commander of the Army, Israel
Jan.21-29   Deputy Minister of Defense, Angola
Jan.22-26   Chief of Air Staff, Indonesia
Jan.24-26 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to USA for China-US Defense Consultation at Deputy Defense Minister Level  
Feb.15-20   Commander of the Air Force, Israel
Feb.19-Mar.2 Commander of the Air Force to Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia  
Feb.20-26   Assistant Deputy Minister of Defense, Canada
Feb.27-Mar.2   Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command, USA
Mar.4-31 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia  
Mar.25-Apr.13 Chief of the General Staff to Germany, Japan and Nepal  
Mar.28-31 Minister of National Defense to Kazakhstan for the Meeting of the Defense Ministers of "the Shanghai Five"  
Mar.28-Apr.5   Chief of Navy Staff, Bangladesh
Apr.1-7   Chief of Air Force Staff, Italy
Apr.2-9   Commander of the Army, Chile
Apr.2-22 Commander of the Navy to UK, Portugal and USA  
Apr.9-16   Deputy Minister of Defense, Uzbekistan
Apr.17-22   First Deputy Minister of Defense, Czech
Apr.19-27   Commander of Defense Forces, Australia
Apr.20-29   General Secretary of Lebanese Supreme Defense Commission
Apr.21-May 10 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Argentina, Chile and Brazil  
Apr.23-27   Principal of Turkish Comprehensive Military Academy
Apr.24-30   Minister of Defense, Kazakhstan
Apr.25-29   Minister of Defense, Slovakia
Apr.25-30   Chief of Navy Staff, ROK
May 5-22 Political Commissar of Lanzhou Military Area Command to Poland, Czech and Slovakia  
May 6-11   Port Call to Shanghai by Belguim Naval Ships
May 6-12   Minister of Defense, Angola
May 7-11   Port Call to Qingdao by Canadian Naval Ships
May 7-13   Chief of Navy Staff, Belgium
May 16-21   Commander of the Army, Thailand
May 21-Jun.9 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Turkey and Egypt  
May 22-28   Chief of Navy Staff, Pakistan
May 23-31   Chief of Army Staff, Myanmar
May 25-Jun.4 Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Italy, Spain and Portugal  
May 25-28   Minister of Defense, Azarbaijan
May 28-Jun.2   Chief of the General Staff, France
May 28-Jun.3   Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the Armaments Department, Ukraine
May 29-Jun.4   Supreme Commander of Thailand Armed Forces
May 30-Jun.6   Minister of Defense, Kirghizastan
Jun.3-9   Minister of Defense, South Africa
Jun.7-13   Chief of Defense Forces, Malaysia
Jun.8-13   Chief of Navy Staff, France
Jun.9-21 Political Commissar of the Air Force to Russia and Italy  
Jun.11-17   Director of the First Department, Ministry of Defense, Austria
Jun.11-18   Chief of Army Staff, Romania
Jun.12-14   Port Call to Shanghai by Turkish Naval Ships
Jun.13-14   Assistand Secretary of Defense, USA
Jun.14-20   Superintendent of the US Military Academy, West Point
Jun.14-23   Minister of Defense, Bolivia
Jun.15-24   Minister of Defense, Sudan
Jun.16-30 Commander of Nanjing Military Area Command to US Pacific Command  
Jun.17-Jul.4 Executive Chief of the General Political Department to Russia, Finland and Ukraine  
Jun.18-24 Chief of the General Armaments Department to UK  
Jun.19-25   Chief of Joint Staff, Japan
Jun.26-29   Minister of Defense, UK
Jun.27-Jul.2   Minister of Defense, Ghana
Jun.29-Jul.6   Chief of the General Staff, People's Army, Laos
Jul.1-Jul.12 Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Tonga and Papua New Guinea  
Jul.3-9   Chief of Staff, the Sultan's Armed Forces, Oman
Jul.3-22 Commander of Lanzhou Military Area Command to Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan  
Jul.5-26 Political Commissar of the General Logistics Department to Guinea, Mali, Togo and Benin  
Jul.10-14   Chief of Navy Staff, Indonesia
Jul.11-14 PLA Naval Ships to Malaysia  
Jul.11-15   Secretary of Defense, USA
Jul.21-28   Minister of Defense, Viet Nam
Jul.24-29   Vice Defense Minister, Sierra Leone
Jul.28-30 PLA Naval Ships to Tanzania  
Aug.2-5   Port Call to Qingdao by US Naval Ships
Aug.10-13 PLA Naval Ships to South Africa  
Aug.12-17   Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Defense, Greece
Aug.16-20   Port Call to Qingdao and Shanghai by British Naval Ships
Aug.18-Sep.6 Principal of the Academy of Military Science to USA  
Aug.23-27   Minister of Defense, Uzbekistan
Aug.28-Sep.2   Minister of Defense, Tunisia
Aug.28-Sep.4   Chief of Joint Staff, ROK