A leaked document from a district-level Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) office obtained by The Epoch Times outlines specific local developments integrating military capabilities and civilian infrastructure.
The document, titled “2020 MCF Work Summary and 2021 MCF Work Planning,” came from the Jiedong district of Jiayang, Guangdong province. It details how the MCF blurs boundaries between military, civil, and commercial entities.
According to the U.S. State Department, “MCF is the strategy to develop the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into a ‘world class military’ by 2049.” The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “is systematically reorganizing the Chinese science and technology enterprises to ensure that new innovations simultaneously advance economic and military development”
Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Beijing has been pressing nationwide implementation of MCF since 2017. At the recent CCP centennial ceremony, Xi talked about “forging the great wall of steel with the flesh and blood of over 1.4 billion Chinese people.” MCF is likely one of the enablers of this goal.
Dual-purposing Civilian Resources for Military Use
The document lists several 2020 MCF projects including civilian infrastructures and non-military businesses that were converted or enlisted for military use.
One MCF office project was upgrading a regular highway that happened to pass through a naval base into a “combat-ready highway,” giving it the dual purpose of being a runway for fighter jets. The original highway was rerouted around the naval base.
Another project was the conversion of a local fiber optic cable company into a civilian-military fusion business to “utilize the advanced technology for military and defense.”
In addition, the MCF office signed “military-civil dual-use equipment” contracts with local businesses and hospitals. These civilian entities agreed to provide transportation, food, gas, medical equipment, and other logistics to the military in times of war, emergencies, and military drills.