Chinese Defense Chief to Visit Sri Lanka, India and Laos

At the invitation of the defense department leaders of Sri Lanka, India and Laos, Liang Guanglie, state councilor and minister of national defense of the People’s Republic of China?departed from Beijing today to pay an official goodwill visit to these three countries.

The main members of Liang Guanglie's entourage include Zhou Laiqiang, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Huang Hanbiao, deputy commander of the PLA Beijing Military Area Command, Song Puxuan, deputy commander of the PLA Nanjing Military Area Command, Wang Dengping, deputy political
commissar of the PLA Guangzhou Military Area Command and political commissar of the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy, Liu Yuejun, chief of staff of the PLA Lanzhou Military Area Command, Yang Jinshan, commander of the PLA Tibet Military Area Command and Yue Shixin, political commissar of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison.