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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
