PLA Navy signs partnership agreement

The Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) on the afternoon of October 23, 2012. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation and push forward the military-civilian integration and innovative development of the PLA Navy and the CAE.

Wu Shengli, member of the Central Military Commission and commander of the PLA Navy, and Xu Kuangdi, honorary president of the CAE, attended the signing ceremony.

In his speech, Wu Shengli expressed that, through the strategic cooperation with the CAE, the PLA Navy wishes to make major breakthroughs in such aspects as strategic research and decision-making consultancy, technological collaboration and innovation, academic exchange, and talents cultivation to meet the requirements of the Navy's development.

According to the agreement, the PLA Navy and the CAE will enhance collaboration on such issues as strategic research, information technology, platform technology, transformation of logistics support technology and achievement as well as cultivation of leading research fellows.

Liu Xiaojiang, political commissar of the PLA Navy and Zhou Ji, director of the CAE, were present at the signing ceremony.