The People's Liberation Army (PLA), the world's largest with two million troops, last year doubled the training period for new recruits from three to six months in a bid to improve their combat capabilities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed that his country will not develop at the expense of other nations, in a speech marking 40 years since China introduced major economic reforms.
He said that given its success, "no one is in a position to dictate to China what to do or not to do".
The meeting is being seen as a bid to pull the world's top two economies from the brink of a full-fledged trade war.
PM Modi further said that the informal meeting at Wuhan in April this year had proved to be a milestone and had opened new avenues of cooperation between India and China.
PM Modi and Presient Xi have met twice after their informal summit in Wuhan this year — at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in June in Qingdao, China, and at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July.
The Commerce Ministry dismissed the US Trade Representative's report as "new unwarranted accusations" and said Washington was wrecking economic relations.
Xi argued that disagreements should be resolved through dialogue and consultation, rather than trying to form "exclusive blocs" or "impose criteria on other countries".
After his talks with Khan on November 3, Premier Li had said China will provide the "necessary support" to Pakistan to tide over the present financial crisis.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Papua New Guinea is expected to be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Pakistan is expected to receive USD 6 billion economic package from China during the visit, Geo TV quoted sources as saying.
"I think we'll make a deal with China. And I think it'll be a very fair deal for everybody, but it will a good deal for the United States," he said.
The last 'Hand-in-Hand' exercise took place in Pune in 2016. However, the drill did not take place in 2017 due to tensions between the two armies over Doklam.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina next month, China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday.
After the recent visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia, it was announced that Riyadh will be the third "strategic partner" of USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
According to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, this war game would be larger than the USSR's 1981 war games with 300,000 soldiers, 36,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships taking part in it.
Xi jinping's statement assumes significance amid growing uncertainty in Beijing over Imran Khan’s approach towards the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The two leaders held a two-day informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late April and then they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Qingdao, China in June.
Playing down any India-China competition to gain influence in Africa, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told the media here that both countries are on the same page to assist African countries.
PM Modi and Xi Jinping will have a one-on-one at Johannesburg on the sidelines of the three-day Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit beginning July 25.
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