China´s military forces to be trained for informationized warfare

Source: Xinhua | 03-05-2009 10:01

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) - China will transform its military training based on mechanized warfare to that based on informationized warfare, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at a parliament session Thursday.

"In the coming year, we need to make our army more revolutionary, modern and standardized," reads the report.

China "will effectively transform our military training based on mechanized warfare to military training for warfare under conditions of greater IT application", the report says.

China will continue to enhance the army's ability to respond to multiple security threats and accomplish a diverse array of military tasks.

The building of computerized armed forces has entered a new era of all-round development, says a white paper on China's national defense in 2008 issued in January.