Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2013

Annual Report to Congress:

A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000
Section 1246, “Annual Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of
China,” of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 111-84, which amends
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Section 1202, Public Law 106-65, provides that
the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report “in both classified and unclassified form, on military and
security developments involving the People’s Republic of China. The report shall address the current and
probable future course of military-technological development of the People’s Liberation Army and the tenets
and probable development of Chinese security strategy and military strategy, and of the military organizations
and operational concepts supporting such development over the next 20 years. The report shall also address
U.S.-China engagement and cooperation on security matters during the period covered by the report,
including through U.S.-China military-to-military contacts, and the U.S. strategy for such engagement and
cooperation in the future.”

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