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Title page 1

Contents 4

PREFACE 6

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

UNDERSTANDING THE PRC'S STRATEGY 7

PLA FORCES AND CAPABILITIES 8

OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES ON THE PRC'S PERIPHERY 10

THE PLA'S GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE 11

RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION 12

U.S.-PRC MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES 12

SPECIAL TOPICS 13

CHAPTER ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE PRC'S STRATEGY 14

THE PRC'S NATIONAL STRATEGY 14

THE PRC'S FOREIGN POLICY 21

THE PRC'S ECONOMIC POLICY 32

THE PRC'S MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION 37

THE PRC'S DEFENSE POLICY AND MILITARY STRATEGY 43

INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 50

THE PRC'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP 52

CHAPTER TWO: PLA FORCES AND CAPABILITIES 57

THE PLA'S MODERNIZATION AND REFORM 57

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY ARMY (PLAA) 58

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PLAN) 61

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE (PLAAF) 72

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY ROCKET FORCE (PLARF) 76

THE FORMER STRATEGIC SUPPORT FORCE (SSF) 80

JOINT LOGISTIC SUPPORT FORCE 85

PLA RESERVES, PARAMILITARY, AND MILITIA FORCES 86

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES 92

MILITARY READINESS 96

PLA CAPABILITIES IN DEVELOPMENT 96

JOINT CAPABILITIES FOR POWER PROJECTION 102

ADVANCEMENTS TOWARDS AN INFORMATIZED AND INTELLIGENTIZED MILITARY 106

NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES 114

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH 124

CHAPTER THREE: OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY 125

THEATER COMMANDS 125

EASTERN THEATER COMMAND 126

SOUTHERN THEATER COMMAND 128

WESTERN THEATER COMMAND 131

NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND 133

CENTRAL THEATER COMMAND 135

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT 137

DEVELOPMENTS IN TAIWAN'S ABILITY TO DETER THE MAINLAND 143

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THE SCS 145

PLA COERCIVE AND RISKY OPERATIONAL BEHAVIOR 148

CHAPTER FOUR: THE PLA'S GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE 149

THE PLA'S EVOLVING MISSION AND TASKS 150

PLA OVERSEAS MILITARY ACTIVITIES 150

MILITARY COOPERATION 151

OVERSEAS BASING AND ACCESS 154

ENERGY STRATEGY 156

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC 158

CHAPTER FIVE: RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION 160

PRC DEFENSE SPENDING 160

DEVELOPMENTS IN DEFENSE INDUSTRY 162

INVESTMENTS IN CHOKEPOINT TECHNOLOGY WITH DUAL-USE POTENTIAL 164

FOREIGN ARMS ACQUISITIONS 165

PRC ARMS EXPORTS 166

ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING MILITARY MODERNIZATION 167

PRC TALENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS AND GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS 168

CHAPTER SIX: DEFENSE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES IN 2023 169

STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR THE U.S.-PRC DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP 169

SPECIAL TOPICS 172

SPECIAL TOPIC: IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION ON THE PLA 172

SPECIAL TOPIC: POLITICAL TRAINING IN THE PLA 173

SPECIAL TOPIC: PRC VIEWS OF COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POWER 175

APPENDIX I: TAIWAN STRAIT MILITARY BALANCE 177