China, U.S. enhance military mutual trust through joint drill

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China, U.S. enhance military mutual trust through joint drill

(China Military Online) 08:59, November 14, 2013

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BEIJING, November 13 (ChinaMil) -- The Chinese and U.S. militaries are holding the first humanitarian assistance and disaster reduction joint actual-troop drill from November 12 to 14, 2013 in Hawaii of the U.S. The drill is postulated that China and the U.S. make joint efforts to rescue a third country which is hit by a violent earthquake.

"During the joint drill held in the U.S., the Chinese side needs to get familiar with combat situations in different environments worldwide, and meanwhile be acquainted with foreign militaries, especially the trend in world military power represented by the U.S.", said Hong Yuan, an expert in arms control of the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

Hong Yuan also held that the U.S. can not figure out China's military development, and thus needs to know the trend and real combat effectiveness of the Chinese military through the joint drill.

According to a briefing, the Chinese side has accepted the invitation from the U.S. side to take part in the joint military exercise codenamed "Pacific Rim 2014".

In May 2013, the Chinese side dispatched representatives to attend the first planning meeting of the joint exercise "Pacific Rim 2014", and they made a preliminary communication with the U.S. side on such issues as exercise subjects, participating troops and related support.

"The‘Pacific Rim 2014'is a multinational military exercise dominated by the U.S., and is also a joint exercise responding to non-traditional security threats from anti-terrorism, naval escort and anti-piracy", said Zhang Junshe, a researcher with the Military Academic Research Institute of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAN).

The Chinese and U.S. militaries have been interacting frequently with each other since the beginning of this year, such as the anti-piracy exercise held in August in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, the joint maritime search and rescue, and the multinational military exercise codenamed "Pacific Rim 2014" to be held in 2014.

Military expert Song Xiaojun pointed out that it is inevitable for China and the U.S. to enhance mutual trust through military exercise, and the U.S. side also needs to know and assess China's intention and capability through the exercise.

（Editor：YanMeng、Yao Chun）