Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
China actively participates in UN peace-keeping operations, and is the largest troop-contributing country among the permanent members of the Security Council as well as a major financial contributor.
As of September 2020, China had participated in 25 UN peacekeeping missions, involving a total of over 40,000 Chinese military peacekeepers and costing 16 lives of Chinese service members. Activities undertaken by China's military in mission areas include the building or repairs of roads, totaling 17,000 kilometers in length; removal of more than 14,000 landmines and unexploded ordinance devices; transportation of 1.2 million tons of supplies, covering a total distance of 13 million kilometers; medical care and rescue provided for more than 246,000 people; and conduct of more than 450 armed escorts and patrols.
China joined the UN Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (UNPCRS) in September 2015 and now has in place an 8,000-strong standby force of UN peacekeepers. The acceptance process at Level 1 for the standby units was completed in September 2017; 13 units were elevated to Level 2 in October 2018 after an assessment and advisory visit from the UN; and six of these 13 units were elevated to Level 3 in 2019 and 2020.
China had trained more than 1,500 peacekeepers from more than 60 countries by September 2020. The statistics of August 2020 showed that 2,521 PLA officers and soldiers were deployed in eight UN peacekeeping missions as well as in the UN headquarters.
參加聯合國維和行動
中國積極支持聯合國維和行動,是聯合國維和行動的主要出資國之一,是安理會常任理事國中第一大出兵國。截至2020年9月,中國軍隊已累計參加25項聯合國維和行動,派出維和軍事人員4萬余人次,16名中國軍人犧牲在維和一線。中國軍隊在維和任務區新建、修復道路1.7萬余千米,排除地雷及各類未爆物1.4萬余枚;運送物資120萬余噸,運輸總里程1300萬余千米;接診救治病人、搶救傷員24.6萬余人次;完成武裝護衛、長短途巡邏等任務450余次。
2015年9月,中國加入新的聯合國維和能力待命機制,建設8000人規模維和待命部隊。2017年9月,中國完成維和待命部隊在聯合國的一級待命注冊工作。2018年10月,13支分隊高標準通過聯合國組織的考核評估,晉升至二級待命狀態。2019年至2020年,聯合國將上述13支二級待命狀態分隊中的6支分隊提升至三級待命狀態。中國積極為各國培訓維和人員,截至2020年9月已經為60多個國家培訓了1500余名維和人員。2020年8月,2521名中國官兵正在8個維和特派團和聯合國總部執行任務。