PLA to hold 40 military drills in 2013  

中国军队今年将举行近40场军演提高打仗能力

2013年，中国军队将举行系列军事演习演练，进行全方位、多领域军事训练探索实践，提高信息化条件下威慑和实战能力，以箭在弦上、引而待发的高度戒备态势，强化打仗思想、做好打仗准备、提高打仗能力。

Beijing (CNS) -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will conduct nearly 40 joint military exercises and trainings this year, according to the PLA General Staff Headquarters on Tuesday.

The exercises are intended to enhance combat preparedness and improve combat abilities and co-operation to meet future wartime needs in the information age, the Military Training Department said.

The exercises and trainings will cover air-land joint combat, live-ammunition confrontations on the open sea and coordinated aerial defense.

The department vowed to put the country's core security-related interests in a more prominent position and adopt real combat criteria in military training in order to fulfill missions and tasks.