A group of 85 military attaches, deputy military attaches and their wives of 47 countries in China started on Monday their visit to the country's northeast.

 

Invited by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, the military attaches will visit Shenyang and Dalian of Liaoning Province and Changchun of Jilin Province for a better understanding of China's economic and social conditions and military development in the region.

 

They will listen to reports on the situations of the Shenyang Military Area Command, inspect an infantry under the Command and visit military academies as well as some industrial and agricultural projects, the ministry said.

 

The ministry invites foreign military attaches to visit places other than Beijing each year, aiming to increase their trust in China's armed forces and promote friendship between foreign military attaches and Chinese officers and soldiers.

 

(Xinhua News Agency May 23, 2006)