Thirty-two years ago, the Chinese armed forces sent a 400-member peacekeeping engineering brigade to the UN Interim Authority in Cambodia for the first time, which was the first time in China's history that it had sent troops to participate in a UN peacekeeping operation. To this day, China's "blue helmets" continue to carry out their missions in UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and many other countries. Today, let us use a set of pictures to review the Chinese army's efforts to safeguard world peace, and China's "blue helmets" bravely marching forward.
Figure (1): In April 1992, China sent a 400-member peacekeeping engineering brigade to the United Nations Interim Authority in Cambodia for the first time.
Figure (2): From April 1992 to September 1993, China sent two groups of 800 peacekeepers to the United Nations Interim Authority in Cambodia.
Photo (3): In December 2003, China sent peacekeeping troops to Liberia for the first time.
Figure (4): In 2003, Chinese peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were with the people in the country during the construction period.
Figure (5): Chinese peacekeepers build a bridge in Liberia in May 2004.
Photo (6): A Chinese peacekeeping convoy to southern Sudan in December 2007 is on its way.
Figure (7): In June 2009, the Peacekeeping Center of the Ministry of National Defense, the first professional training and international exchange institution for peacekeeping of the Chinese military, was officially established in Beijing.
Figure (8): In November 2011, China sent a medical team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to carry out a peacekeeping mission.
Photo (9): In June 2013, then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon interacted with officers and soldiers at the Peacekeeping Center of the Ministry of National Defense of China.
Photo (10): In 2013, China's peacekeeping guard detachment in Mali organized armed patrols.
Figure (11): In 2015, China's first batch of infantry battalions for peacekeeping operations to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) was established.
Figure (12): In September 2017, the 8,000-member peacekeeping standby force of the Chinese military was registered with the United Nations.
Photo (13): In 2019, the peacekeeping force made its debut at the National Day parade.
Figure (14): In 2019, the Chinese military participated in the compilation and review of the manual of United Nations peacekeeping engineers.
Photo (15): In June 2019, the 7th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Peacekeeping Expert Meeting was held in Qingdao.
Figure (16): In September 2020, the State Council Information Office released the first white paper on peacekeeping topics.
Figure (17): In September 2021, the "Common Destiny-2021" international peacekeeping exercise was held in Queshan, Henan Province, with the participation of officers and soldiers from China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Thailand and other countries.
Photo (18): In August 2022, the first "Common Vision" Peacekeeping Forum hosted by the Peacekeeping Affairs Center of the Ministry of National Defense of China was held in Beijing via video conference.
Photo (19): Chinese peacekeepers participate in the "Steel Storm-2023" multinational joint exercise in June 2023.
Photo (20): In April 2024, China's peacekeeping medical detachment in Lebanon and multinational peacekeeping forces carried out the "Blue Helmet Angel-2024" joint medical rescue exercise.
Over the past 32 years, wherever there is a task in the line of fire, in the dense forest, and in the ruins, there are Chinese peacekeepers who have risen to the occasion and braved the hardships and dangers...... In a distant foreign land, China's "blue helmets" have faithfully fulfilled their mission, written the bloody nature and responsibility of the soldiers of a great country with practical actions, and contributed to the maintenance of world peace and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
(Source: People's Liberation Army Daily, Ministry of National Defense Network Special "Chinese Army Goes to the Campaign for World Peace")
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