The Qingtongxia Joint Tactic Training Base is a training base located in

Qingtongxia Qingtongxia (, Xiao'erjing: ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيَا شِ) is a city in north-central Ningxia, China. Administratively, Qingtongxia is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. It is located on the left (northwestern) ba ...

, Ningxia,

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and is under the jurisdiction of the Western Theater Command Ground Force.

History

Qingtongxia Joint Tactic Training Base was established at the end of the 20th century under the jurisdiction of former Jinan Military Region. In December 2015, the China-Pakistan "Friendship-2015" joint anti-terrorism training with 100 soldiers from both sides kicked off in the base. In August 2021, the China-Russia joint military exercise ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, also known as West Joint-2021, with more than 10,000 troops from the Western Theater Command and the

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, as well as multiple types of aircraft and land weapons from both sides, was held at the base.

References

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