North China Military Exercise

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The North China Military Exercise (

paramount leader of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and observed the entire exercise along with other senior officials.[2][4]

History

From October 1980 to March 1981, Deng Xiaoping determined that a military exercise was necessary for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and chose the largest version in terms of exercise scale from the three proposed plans.[2][3] The details of arrangement and organization were left to the Beijing Military Region.[2] On March 12, 1981, a central committee for the exercise was established, with Yang Dezhi, then PLA Chief-of-Staff, being the director of the committee; Yang Yong, Zhang Zhen and Qin Jiwei were appointed the vice directors.[1][2]

In September 1981, Deng Xiaoping attended and observed the military exercise along with other senior officials including Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang and Li Xiannian.[2][3][4][5] A total of over 32,000 military and governmental officials observed the exercise.[1]

Specifically, 114,000 PLA soldiers participated in the exercise, in addition to 1,327

military expenditures of that year.[6] On September 19, 1981, a large-scale military parade took place after the exercise at the airport of Zhangjiakou, where Deng Xiaoping delivered a closing speech.[2][3]

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References

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  6. ^ a b "还记得邓小平的1981年华北大阅兵吗？". Guang Cha Zhe Wang (观察者网) (in Chinese). 2017-07-29. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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