BEIJING, Aug. 17 -- "The final of the Military Translation Challenge of the Chinese Armed Forces will be held at the International Studies College of National University of Defense Technology in late August," said Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense,at a regular press briefing on Friday.
According to the Sen. Col. Zhang, more than 200 contestants came through the intense preliminary and semi-final rounds of the competition. This event is a solid step to implement Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military and improve defense language capabilities.
"It is the first multilingual, multi-track translation competition held by the Chinese military. The goal is to step up training and capability building through military-wide competitions to enhance combat readiness," added the spokesperson.