Foreign officials impressed by Chinese Marine Corps

People Daily ^ | 02.20.04

[Dr. Marten]

Foreign officials impressed by Chinese Marine Corps

China Marine Corps received visit by Military Attaches of 56 foreign countries to China at a comprehensive training base on Feb. 19. The soldiers amazed the military official delegation with their excellent skills. They have presented military performance to guests from over 60 countries in 20 years.



Gordon Kerr, British defense attache to China gives the thumb up to Chinese Women's Marine Corps.




Military Attaches of 56 countries to China view the exercise of China Marine Corps on Feb. 19.




Wu Shengli (2nd front right), Commander of South China Sea Fleet accompanies British defense attache to China and head of the delegation of military attaches to China Gordon Kerr (3rd front right) at the military exercise.

[Captain Rhino]

Finally got a chance to see the pictures and read the Peoples Daily article on the Chinese Marine Corps. Pretty standard military demonstration/display stuff. Here's a link to a Chinese site (in English) that provides some order of battle information on the Chinese Marine Corps:

http://www.china-defense.com/orbat/pla_orbat/pla_orbat-31.html

Basically, its a reinforced mechanized brigade trained to perform amphibious warfare tasks.