Appendix III Major Military Exchanges with Other Countries (2003-2004)
 
 


Date Outgoing Visits Visits to the PRC
Jan. 19-25, 2003   Chief of Staff of the Army, Italy
Feb. 17-Mar. 12 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Argentina, Brazil and Chile  
Feb. 21-Mar. 13 Commander of the Air Force to Egypt and Sudan  
Mar. 7-12   Port call to Shanghai by a Spanish naval ship
Mar. 4-25 Deputy Chief of General Staff to ROK, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago  
Mar. 31-Apr. 3   Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Belarus
Apr. 7-12   Chief of General Department of Border, Mongolia
Apr. 20-May 1 Political Commissar of the Navy to Algeria and Mexico  
Apr. 19-25   Minister of Defense, Switzerland
Apr. 20-27   Minister of Defense, India
Apr. 21-23   First Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission, DPRK
Apr. 26-May 17 Chief of General Staff to Tanzania, South Africa and Morocco  
Apr. 27-May 4 President of the National Defense University to the U.S.A.  
May 2-7 Deputy Chief of General Staff to France  
May 24-28   Port call to Shanghai by British naval ships
May 26-30 Minister of National Defense to Russia  
Jun. 29-Jul. 1   Minister of Defense, France
Jul. 14-20   Chief of General Staff, Guinea
Aug. 13-28 Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Egypt and Syria  
Aug. 17-23   Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Deputy Commander-in- Chief of Defense Services, Commander-in-Chief (Army), Myanmar
Aug. 18-22 Chief of General Political Department to DPRK  
Aug. 21-29   Commander of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces, Peru
Aug. 23-30   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Nigeria
Aug. 25-Sep. 6 Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Poland, Czech and Slovakia  
Aug. 26-Sep. 2   Chief of General Staff, Mozambique
Aug. 27-Sep. 2   Minister of Defense, the Congo (Brazzaville)
Aug. 31-Sep. 6   Commander of the Navy, Chile
Aug. 31-Sep. 7   Minister of Defense, Uganda
Sep. 1-4   Director General of the Defense Agency, Japan
Sep. 1-5   Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
Sep. 2-16 Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Belarus and Hungary  
Sep. 4-20 Chief of General Staff to Pakistan, Brunei and Malaysia  
Sep. 5-11   Minister of Defense, Canada
Sep. 7-12   Minister of Defense, Bulgaria
Sep. 7-28 Political Commissar of General Logistics Department to Zambia, Tunisia and Zimbabwe  
Sep. 8-21 President of the Academy of Military Science to Mexico  
Sep. 12-20 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Finland and Greece  
Sep. 16-20   Vice-Minister of Defense, Italy
Sep. 20-24   Port call to Qingdao by a Russian naval ship
Sep. 22-26   Port call to Zhanjiang by a U.S. naval ship
Sep. 22-28   Vice-Premier and concurrently Minister of Defense, Croatia
Sep. 22-30   Minister of Defense, Tanzania
Sep. 23-27   Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, France
Sep. 23-29   Minister of Defense, Australia
Oct. 8-16   Commander of the Air Defense Force, Egypt
Oct. 8-16   Commander of the Mobilization Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran
Oct. 12-18   Chief of National Defense General Staff, Greece
Oct. 12-19   Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Guyana
Oct. 13-16   General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany
Oct. 13-18   Commander of the National Defense Forces, Surinam
Oct. 13-19   Minister of Defense, Ghana
Oct. 15-19   Port call to Qingdao by ROK’s naval ships
Oct. 16-23   Minister of Defense, Romania
Oct. 18-21   Port call to Shanghai by Pakistani naval ships
Oct. 20-27   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Pakistan
Oct. 22-25 PLA naval ships to Guam  
Oct. 22-29   Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Mongolia
Oct. 25-Nov. 1   Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, Sweden
Oct. 26-Nov. 2   Chief of General Staff of the People’s Army, Vietnam
Oct. 26-Nov. 2   Vice-Minister of Defense, Sierra Leone
Oct. 27-Nov. 2 Minister of National Defense to the U.S.A.  
Oct. 30-Nov. 16 Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Ethiopia, Uganda and Botswana  
Nov. 3-14 PLA naval ships to Brunei and Singapore  
Nov. 4-14 Chief of General Political Department to the U.K., Spain and Portugal  
Nov. 9-12   State Affairs Secretary of the National Security Council, Belarus
Nov. 10-14   Port call to Shanghai by Indian naval ships
Nov. 10-14   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ROK
Nov. 12-25 Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to the U.S.A. and Canada  
Nov. 12-28 Political Commissar of the Air Force to Russia and Greece  
Nov. 17-26   Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces and concurrently Commander of the Army, Cambodia
Nov. 17-29 Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Croatia and Romania  
Nov. 18-22   Vice-Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, DPRK
Nov. 18-25   Minister of National Defense, Kyrgyzstan
Nov. 20-25   Minister of Defense, Togo
Nov. 21-Dec.4 Assistant to the Chief of General Political Department to Tanzania and Egypt  
Nov. 22-26   Port call to Zhanjiang by French naval ships
Nov. 22-28   Commander of the Army, Thailand
Nov. 22-30   Minister of Defense, Brazil
Nov. 23-29   Deputy Defense Chief of Staff, Italy
Nov. 24-30   Commander of the National Defense Forces, New Zealand
Nov. 29-Dec. 13 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore  
Nov. 30-Dec. 4   Minister of Defense, Kuwait
Nov. 30-Dec. 12 Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Thailand and the Philippines  
Nov. 30-Dec. 16 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Myanmar, Bangladesh and India  
Dec. 4-9   Minister of Defense, Sudan
Dec. 10-20 Political Commissar of the National Defense University to Hungary and Italy  
Dec. 13-22 Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Area Command to Cuba  
Dec. 14-21   Commander of the Air Force, Egypt
Dec. 15-22 Minister of National Defense to Russia  
Dec. 15-Jan. 2, 2004 Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Cyprus, Sudan and Kenya  
Jan. 13-15, 2004   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.A.
Feb. 11-27 Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Brazil and Ecuador  
Feb. 16-22   Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff, Macedonia
Feb. 16-Mar. 8 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Egypt, Zimbabwe and Vietnam  
Feb. 24-28   Port call to Shanghai by a U.S. naval ship
Feb. 28-Mar. 3   Commander of the Australian Theater, Australia
Mar. 22-Apr. 3 Minister of National Defense to Pakistan, India and Thailand  
Mar. 12-16   Port call to Qingdao by French naval ships
Mar. 14-21   Commander of the National Defense Forces, Zimbabwe
Mar. 27-Apr. 14 President of the National Defense University to Israel, Jordan and Ukraine  
Apr. 1-5   Commander of the Air Force, the Philippines
Apr. 7-14   Commander of the Air Force, Serbia-Montenegro
Apr. 11-28 Chief of General Political Department to Mexico and Cuba  
Apr. 11-28 Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command to Egypt and Syria  
Apr. 14-17   Minister of Defense, Norway
Apr. 19-23   Chief of Defense, Finland
Apr. 20-22   Minister of Defense, Russia
Apr. 21-28   President of the National Defense University, ROK
Apr. 26-28   Minister of Defense, Kazakhstan
Apr. 26-29   Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force, Japan
May 10-15   Port call to Shanghai by an Indonesian naval ship
May 10-17   Chief of Staff of the People’s Defense Forces, Tanzania
May 10-28 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Tanzania and Namibia  
May 11-29 Chief of General Staff to France, Romania, Russia and the U.K.  
May 15-29 Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Canada  
May 17-24   Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan
May 22-Jun. 2 Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Cuba  
May 23-Jun. 1 Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Slovakia, Czech and Poland  
May 24-29   Minister of Defense, Chile
May 24-Jun. 4   Director of the General Bureau of Logistics and Finance of the Ministry of Defense, Cambodia
May 31-Jun. 5   State Affairs Secretary and concurrently Chief of the General Ordnance Department, Romania
Jun. 6-12   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Greece
Jun. 10-17   Chief of the General Political Department of the People’s Army, Laos
Jun. 11-20   Port call to Qingdao and Shanghai by U.K. naval ships
Jun. 14-19   Chief of Army Staff, Nepal
Jun. 20-26   Minister of Defense, Nigeria
Jun. 26-29 Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to DPRK  
Jun. 28-Jul. 2   Port call to Shanghai by Chilean naval ships
Jul. 2-19 Political Commissar of General Logistics Department to Cuba and Venezuela  
Jul. 3-19 Political Commissar of the National Defense University to Germany and Poland  
Jul. 5-24 Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Russia, Egypt and South Africa  
Jul. 6-9   Port call to Shanghai by Malaysian naval ships
Jul. 6-17 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Norway and Portugal  
Jul. 12-14   Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, DPRK
Jul. 19-26   Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Barbados
Jul. 21-25   Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command, U.S.A.
Jul. 21-26   Director of the General Bureau of Border Defense, Kazakhstan
Jul. 21-28   First Secretary-General of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar and concurrently Director of the General Bureau of Air Defense of the Ministry of National Defense, Myanmar
Jul. 25-Aug. 1   Vice-Chairman of the Border Defense Committee, Tajikistan
Jul. 26-30   Deputy General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany
Jul. 31-Aug. 14 Commander of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Zambia and Angola  
Aug. 11-15   Port call to Shanghai by Thai naval ships
Aug. 16-Sep. 1 Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Cuba, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago  
Aug. 20-Sep. 4 Political Commissar of the Air Force to Egypt and Tanzania  
Aug. 22-28   Commander of the Army, the United Arab Emirates
Aug. 22-28   Commander of the Air Force, Brazil
Aug. 23-28   State Affairs Secretary, Hungary
Aug. 23-Sep. 7 Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Chile and Uruguay  
Aug. 27-30   Port call to Shanghai by Canadian naval ships
Aug. 27-31   Commander of the National Defense Forces, Australia
Aug. 29-Sep. 4   Chief of General Staff, Niger
Aug. 29-Sep. 5   Chief of Staff of the Army, Tunisia
Aug. 30-Sep. 4   Minister of Defense, Lithuania
Sep. 3-9   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jordan
Sep. 5-12   Minister of Defense, Guinea- Bissau
Sep. 6-15 Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Germany and Italy  
Sep. 6-21 Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Russia and Hungary  
Sep. 15-18   Chief of Staff of the Army, Spain
Sep. 18-26   Chief of General Staff, Austria
Sep. 19-25   Minister of Defense, Egypt
Sep. 20-26   Commander of the Air Force, Uruguay
Sep. 20-Oct. 5 Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Romania and Croatia  
Sep. 21-29   Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh
Sep. 22-24   Secretary of State for Defense, U.K.
Sep. 22-28   Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Philippines
Sep. 22-28   Commander of the Royal Armed Forces, Brunei
Sep. 22-Oct. 6 Commander of the Guangzhou Military Area Command to Jordan and Lebanon  
Sep. 24-27   Port call to Qingdao by U.S. naval ships
Sep. 25-30   Minister of Defense, Serbia-Montenegro
Oct. 4-27   Aerobatic Flight Team of the Air Force, France
Oct. 8-13   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, France
Oct. 10-14   Port call to Qingdao by Australian naval ships
Oct. 10-15   Commander of the Army, Chile
Oct. 11-29 Minister of National Defense to France, Belgium, Switzerland and Brazil  
Oct. 13-21 Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Finland and Sweden  
Oct. 16-19 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Australia  
Oct. 18-22   Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces, Cambodia
Oct. 18-22   Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Italy
Oct. 23-Nov. 1   Chief of Staff of the Army, Lebanon
Oct. 24-31 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Japan and Thailand  
Oct. 25-Nov. 13 Chief of General Staff to the U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand  
Oct. 30-Nov. 2   Vice-Minister of Defense, Italy
Oct. 30-Nov. 7   Chief of Staff of the Navy, New Zealand
Oct. 31-Nov. 6   Minister of Defense, Bolivia
Nov. 7-14   Minister of Defense, the Philippines
Nov. 10-16   Minister of Defense, Albania
Nov. 12-26 Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Zambia and Uganda  
Nov. 15-19   Chief of Staff of the Navy, UK
Nov. 17-28 Commander of the Shenyang Military Area Command to ROK and Brunei  
Nov. 22-27   Chief of Staff, Canada
Nov. 22-28   Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Columbia
Nov. 23-26   Vice-Minister of Defense, Belarus
Nov. 30-Dec. 6   Commander of Joint Headquarters, Ecuador
Nov. 30-Dec. 13 Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos  
Dec. 1-5 Deputy Chief of General Staff to Myanmar  
Dec. 5-9   Commander of the Air Force, Australia
Dec. 8-11   Minister of Defense, Turkey
Dec. 12-15   Minister of Defense, Russia