Chinese Army Buys Equipment in New Way

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, January 07, 2002

Chinese Army Buys Equipment in New Way

An engineering machinery factoryin Guiyang City, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, recently sold a new type of high-speed excavator to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

An engineering machinery factoryin Guiyang City, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, recently sold a new type of high-speed excavator to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

It is the first time that the PLA has practiced the government procurement in purchasing general equipment which could be used for both military and civil purposes, in an effort to adapt to themarket economy.

Under the decades-old system, the PLA has had to spend much more money in researching, testing and manufacturing new types of equipment. This time, the factory took all the risks in the stagesof research, testing and manufacturing.

According to the PLA General Armament Department, the PLA will continue practising government procurement in purchasing other equipment like new-types of bulldozers and loaders.

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