It is the first major joint military-civilian initiative since a key Communist Party policy meeting in July called for progress in this area.

Beijing is currently working to modernize the combat readiness and logistical capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army.

This month, the military revealed that a joint directive issued by the Central Military Commission, the top command body, and China Railway had said: “The two sides should…strive to forge a new era of transparent cooperation between the military and civilian sectors in the field. transport and logistics.

It aims to establish a collaborative mechanism for the transportation of military supplies and seeks to integrate military delivery into performance assessments of civilian rail authorities.

China National Defense News, a media outlet owned by the PLA’s official newspaper, recently said there are already examples of positive military-civilian cooperation in logistics, including the upgrading of a railway line used to transport equipment military to a port.