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.
参加联合国维和行动
中国积极支持联合国维和行动，是联合国维和行动的主要出资国之一，是安理会常任理事国中第一大出兵国。截至2020年9月，中国军队已累计参加25项联合国维和行动，派出维和军事人员4万余人次，16名中国军人牺牲在维和一线。中国军队在维和任务区新建、修复道路1.7万余千米，排除地雷及各类未爆物1.4万余枚；运送物资120万余吨，运输总里程1300万余千米；接诊救治病人、抢救伤员24.6万余人次；完成武装护卫、长短途巡逻等任务450余次。
2015年9月，中国加入新的联合国维和能力待命机制，建设8000人规模维和待命部队。2017年9月，中国完成维和待命部队在联合国的一级待命注册工作。2018年10月，13支分队高标准通过联合国组织的考核评估，晋升至二级待命状态。2019年至2020年，联合国将上述13支二级待命状态分队中的6支分队提升至三级待命状态。中国积极为各国培训维和人员，截至2020年9月已经为60多个国家培训了1500余名维和人员。2020年8月，2521名中国官兵正在8个维和特派团和联合国总部执行任务。