PLA UPDATE (Issue 20 | April 30, 2024)

CNA Issue 20 | April 30, 2024 PLA UPDATE A monthly newsletter focused on the internal and external affairs of the PLA Brian Waidelich and Patrick deGategno, editors With contributions from Josiah Case and Annette Lee Welcome to the April 2024 edition of PLA UPDATE, CNA’s newsletter on the internal and external affairs of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). We begin this issue with a look at a major reorganization of PLA forces responsible for space, cyberspace, electronic, information, communications, and psychological warfare missions. Other topics covered in this issue are shown below in the table of contents. CONTENTS ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES .............................................................................................................2 PLA Creates Aerospace, Cyber, and Information Support Forces .....................................2 SENIOR LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE ..................................................................................................3 AMS Authors Expound on Xi’s Call for Strategic Capabilities ............................................3 MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION..................................................................................................................3 PRC Agencies Call for Modernizing Military Supply Stations ............................................3 MILITARY DIPLOMACY & OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 4 PLA Competes in Snowfield Drills at International Army Games ..................................... 4 PRC Defense Ministry Comments on PRC-Russia-Iran Naval Drills..................................5 PLAN Ships Stop Over in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar ...............................5 PLA Promotions .................................................................................................................................6 Two Officers Promoted to Three-Star General ......................................................................6 PRC MILITARY MEDIA......................................................................................................................7 “Military Dialogue” Showcases Foreign Military Ties to PLA .............................................7 NOTES ..................................................................................................................................................7 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Cleared for Public Release. Copyright © 2024 CNA Corporation