On December 12, 2011, PLA’s Academy of Military Sciences (AMS) launched a Non-war Military Operations Research Center. The State, the Central Military Commission (CMC), the PLA general headquarters and PLA departments, and the AMS will assign the research that the center will conduct; the center will also be available for consultations. The research center will keep abreast of the latest research achievements and cutting-edge developments at home and abroad so as to increase China’s quick-reaction capability on theoretical research in non-war military operations such as counter-terrorism, stability maintenance, disaster relief, protection of interests and security, international peacekeeping, international relief, joint military exercises, and other theoretical research.
Source: China News Service, December 12, 2011
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