Chinese warships participate in international defense exhibition

source defencetech.in

July 11, 2011 Yang Qinggang, Li Gencheng / PLA Daily  - defpro.com

The missile destroyer "Wuhan" and frigate "Yulin" of the 9th Chinese naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were invited to participate in the 3rd Brunei International Defense Exhibition on July 7. Jiang Weilie, deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Area Command of the Chinese PLA and commander of the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese PLA, attended the activities on behalf of Wu Shengli, member of the Central Military Commission and commander of the Navy of the Chinese PLA.

It is the first time for the Chinese naval escort taskforce to participate in the international defense exhibition. More than 100 military product manufacturers from 30-odd countries including the U.S., UK, France and Japan took part in the exhibition. Besides related materials and models, some real products were also exhibited, and the planes and vehicles of the U.S., Swiss and Japan respectively performed aerobatics and cross-country driving.

The international defense exhibition is an important form of military product sale to the needs of countries worldwide to strengthen national defense construction. This is the 3rd international defense exhibition held by Brunei since 2007.

As one important part of the exhibition activities, 10-odd naval vessels from China, Pakistan, Singapore, Indonesia and other countries opened to the public on July 7 at the same time.