In early November, commanders at various levels of a division of the Guangzhou Military Area Command were examined by the higher level on 13 training subjects on information warfare. The results showed that all the examinees were able to apply information technology skillfully and realized interworking and interconnecting, information sharing and synchronized operation of command and action in all examination subjects.　

　　In recent years, in line with the requirements of the new "Outline of Military Training and Evaluation", the division has incorporated the information warfare training contents into its annual training program of its organs and elements, and worked out the training guideline to guide its training activities. For training purpose, the division also established more than 10 training databases for armored corps, communication corps, artillery corps and reconnaissance force etc. and prepared over 300 on-line simulation drill subjects so as to ensure that officers and men have access to adequate training contents everyday. As far as specialized training and tactical training were concerned, the division relied on the multi-function simulating confrontation training centers and automatic field operational command system at division and regiment levels, to carried out command-and-staff confrontation simulation exercise with specialized elements, which included network information offensive and defensive exercise, counterattacking computer virus, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, electromagnetism interference and anti-interference, "soft strike and hard strike", and psychological warfare with the aim of　boosting officers' commanding and coordination capability, and the ability to work out strategy and tactics in close-to-real-combat environment of information warfare.

　　By Huang Jicheng and Peng Zecheng

　　(November 28, PLA Daily)