PLA recruits set off on a new journey

（People's Daily Online）  08:19, December 12, 2012

New recruits for the People's Liberation Army wait for the train to leave at a train station. The People's Liberation Army has launched its annual winter conscription this year. (Xinhua/Zhou Xiaoming)

Edited and Translated by Zhang Qian, People's Daily Online

New recruits from Tianjin, Shanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi and more provinces set off on Monday to join their army units.