NIDS 解放军对增强联合作战能力的追求（英文版）

iNIDS China Security Report 2022The PLAs Pursuit of Enhanced Joint Operations CapabilitiesSugiura Yasuyuki The 1991 Gulf War prompted the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army(PLA)to begin full-scale research of joint operations premised on informatization.From around the mid-2000s,the PLA advocated the concept of integrated joint operations Yitihua Lianhe Zuozhan,一体化联合作战(IJO).The Xi Jinping regime,inaugurated in November 2012,carried out the biggest PLA reforms since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China for realizing the IJO concept.The PLA reforms were set for completion in 2020.Purpose of this reportWith the 2020 milestone year behind us,this report assesses the extent to which the PLAs joint operations capabilities have progressed since the 1990s from four perspectives:(1)the evolution of the concept;(2)the achievements of the joint operations structure established by the PLA reforms;(3)the development of joint operations training and education;and(4)the maintenance and strengthening of Party-Army relations.This report carries out a multifaceted analysis and makes an accurate estimate of the PLAs joint operations capabilities Based on the outcome of the Gulf War,the PLA star