中国人民解放军陆军航空兵

Since the start of the 2 1“century，along with the rise of China’Soverall national and military strength，China’S defense policies，militarystrategy and military development have increasingly become a hot spotof the world’S attention，and many books have been published overseasabout the Chinese armed forces．Unfortunately，as some of the authors1ack accurate firsthand infelrmation，some of their publications have beensomewhat debatable． What kind of a military is the People’S Liberation Army(PLA)?Inwhat developmental stage are the various branches of the Chinese armedforces?To what level have China’S military armaments been developed?A11 these questions have aroused high attention from the international community and heated discussion among some overseas and domestic media．For this reason，we believe that writing a series of books tO give a vivid and accurate introduction tO the Chinese military，for both domestic and foreign readers，would be of tremendous significance．