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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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2007<br />

• April—<strong>PLA</strong> officially implemented an integr<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

(joint) logistics system in the Jinan MR<br />

to support army-navy-air force (three services)<br />

integr<strong>at</strong>ion. 26<br />

2008<br />

• Outsourcing accomplishments highlighted by<br />

<strong>PLA</strong> include:<br />

— Guangzhou MR established “Evalu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ards for Logistics Outsourcing Quality<br />

<strong>and</strong> Benefit” to provide st<strong>and</strong>ards for<br />

evalu<strong>at</strong>ing reform achievements.<br />

— Chengdu MR explored outsourcing of<br />

medical support taking advantage of local<br />

health providers to provide medical support<br />

to local <strong>and</strong> sc<strong>at</strong>tered military units.<br />

— GSD <strong>and</strong> GPD intensified supervision of<br />

food procurement, transport<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>and</strong> processing<br />

to improve food safety for military<br />

units.<br />

— 5,200 <strong>PLA</strong> barracks pushed ahead property<br />

management outsourcing.<br />

— About 1,300 <strong>PLA</strong> units carried out POL outsourcing.<br />

• China announces plans to send two destroyers<br />

(Haikou <strong>and</strong> Wuhan) <strong>and</strong> a support vessel from<br />

the <strong>PLA</strong>N’s Hainan base to conduct anti-piracy<br />

oper<strong>at</strong>ions off the Horn of Africa, especially<br />

in the Gulf of Aden. 27 Admiral Du Jingcheng,<br />

the mission comm<strong>and</strong>er, was quoted as saying:<br />

“Our primary target is not striking but dispelling<br />

them. If the pir<strong>at</strong>es make direct thre<strong>at</strong>s<br />

against the warships or the vessels we escort,<br />

the fleet will take countermeasures.” 28<br />

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