Airmen assigned to a brigade with the PLA Airborne troops lined up to climb into a Y-20 transport plane during a parachute training exercise on February 17, 2022. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Liu Bingbing)
China has put new interim rules into force to regulate military equipment contracts on Sunday, which will improve the quality and efficiency of equipment procurement, with analysts saying the new regulations, along with several others that have come into force since last year , in conjunction with military equipment, will serve as a vital step for China in pursuing national defense modernization.
Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order promulgating a series of interim rules governing the regulation of military equipment contracts, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
The regulations consist of 35 articles and six chapters in force on Sunday, the regulations set out the basic tasks, content and management system for monitoring and managing equipment contracts under new circumstances to ensure the quality and efficiency of equipment procurement promote, Xinhua report.
The new rules will ensure that only equipment up to standard can be delivered to troops, Xinhua said, without listing the articles of the rules in detail.
It is worth noting that supervision and management are the key words in the regulations, and these probably apply not only to how the equipment is developed, produced and delivered, but also to how the funds are used, Song Zhongping, a Chinese Military expert and TV commentator, the Global Times said on Sunday.
Supervision and management are necessary to ensure the weapons and equipment that meet the needs of the troops are provided in accordance with the contracts, as well as to rule out the possibility of corruption and the unauthorized use of funds during the process , sot Song.
The regulations will likely cover procurement contracts signed with both foreign and foreign suppliers, but China has mainly purchased domestically developed weapons and equipment through the steps it has taken in related areas, analysts said.
These are not the first new regulations focusing on military equipment that China recently launched. Xi signed an order to publish revised regulations on military equipment in January last year, new regulations on the purchase of military equipment in November last year, then in February this year regulations on testing and assessment of military equipment. Military equipment.
During a military conference on weapons and equipment related work in Beijing in October 2021, Xi called for efforts to break new ground in the development of the country’s military weapons and equipment, and to achieve the goals set for the country. Centuries ago by the Chinese, contribute. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 2027.
China is basically aiming to complete the modernization of national defense in the military by 2035 and complete the PLA into a world-class military by mid-21.
The modernization of military equipment is an important piece to implement this roadmap, analysts said.
China needs an intensified, complete process to manage the modernization of military equipment, Song said, noting that this starts from research and development, goes through tests, and to the eventual commissioning and deployment of the equipment in the PLA.
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