Date	Outgoing Visits	Visits to the PRC
Jan. 19-25, 2003		Chief of Staff of the Army, Italy
Feb. 17-Mar. 12	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Argentina, Brazil and Chile
Feb. 21-Mar. 13	Commander of the Air Force to Egypt and Sudan
Mar. 7-12		Port call to Shanghai by a Spanish naval ship
Mar. 4-25	Deputy Chief of General Staff to ROK, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago
Mar. 31-Apr. 3		Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Belarus
Apr. 7-12		Chief of General Department of Border, Mongolia
Apr. 20-May 1	Political Commissar of the Navy to Algeria and Mexico
Apr. 19-25		Minister of Defense, Switzerland
Apr. 20-27		Minister of Defense, India
Apr. 21-23		First Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission, DPRK
Apr. 26-May 17	Chief of General Staff to Tanzania, South Africa and Morocco
Apr. 27-May 4	President of the National Defense University to the U.S.A.
May 2-7	Deputy Chief of General Staff to France
May 24-28		Port call to Shanghai by British naval ships
May 26-30	Minister of National Defense to Russia
Jun. 29-Jul. 1		Minister of Defense, France
Jul. 14-20		Chief of General Staff, Guinea
Aug. 13-28	Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Egypt and Syria
Aug. 17-23		Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Deputy Commander-in- Chief of Defense Services, Commander-in-Chief (Army), Myanmar
Aug. 18-22	Chief of General Political Department to DPRK
Aug. 21-29		Commander of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces, Peru
Aug. 23-30		Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Nigeria
Aug. 25-Sep. 6	Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Poland, Czech and Slovakia
Aug. 26-Sep. 2		Chief of General Staff, Mozambique
Aug. 27-Sep. 2		Minister of Defense, the Congo (Brazzaville)
Aug. 31-Sep. 6		Commander of the Navy, Chile
Aug. 31-Sep. 7		Minister of Defense, Uganda
Sep. 1-4		Director General of the Defense Agency, Japan
Sep. 1-5		Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
Sep. 2-16	Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Belarus and Hungary
Sep. 4-20	Chief of General Staff to Pakistan, Brunei and Malaysia
Sep. 5-11		Minister of Defense, Canada
Sep. 7-12		Minister of Defense, Bulgaria
Sep. 7-28	Political Commissar of General Logistics Department to Zambia, Tunisia and Zimbabwe
Sep. 8-21	President of the Academy of Military Science to Mexico
Sep. 12-20	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Finland and Greece
Sep. 16-20		Vice-Minister of Defense, Italy
Sep. 20-24		Port call to Qingdao by a Russian naval ship
Sep. 22-26		Port call to Zhanjiang by a U.S. naval ship
Sep. 22-28		Vice-Premier and concurrently Minister of Defense, Croatia
Sep. 22-30		Minister of Defense, Tanzania
Sep. 23-27		Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, France
Sep. 23-29		Minister of Defense, Australia
Oct. 8-16		Commander of the Air Defense Force, Egypt
Oct. 8-16		Commander of the Mobilization Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran
Oct. 12-18		Chief of National Defense General Staff, Greece
Oct. 12-19		Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Guyana
Oct. 13-16		General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany
Oct. 13-18		Commander of the National Defense Forces, Surinam
Oct. 13-19		Minister of Defense, Ghana
Oct. 15-19		Port call to Qingdao by  ROK¡¯s naval ships
Oct. 16-23		Minister of Defense, Romania
Oct. 18-21		Port call to Shanghai by Pakistani naval ships
Oct. 20-27		Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Pakistan
Oct. 22-25	PLA naval ships to Guam
Oct. 22-29		Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Mongolia
Oct. 25-Nov. 1		Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, Sweden
Oct. 26-Nov. 2		Chief of General Staff of the People¡¯s Army, Vietnam
Oct. 26-Nov. 2		Vice-Minister of Defense, Sierra Leone
Oct. 27-Nov. 2	Minister of National Defense to the U.S.A.
Oct. 30-Nov. 16	Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Ethiopia, Uganda and Botswana
Nov. 3-14	PLA naval ships to Brunei and Singapore
Nov. 4-14	Chief of General Political Department to the U.K., Spain and Portugal
Nov. 9-12		State Affairs Secretary of the National Security Council, Belarus
Nov. 10-14		Port call to Shanghai by Indian naval ships
Nov. 10-14		Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ROK
Nov. 12-25	Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to the U.S.A. and Canada
Nov. 12-28	Political Commissar of the Air Force to Russia and Greece
Nov. 17-26		Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces and concurrently Commander of the Army, Cambodia
Nov. 17-29	Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Croatia and Romania
Nov. 18-22		Vice-Minister of the People¡¯s Armed Forces, DPRK
Nov. 18-25		Minister of National Defense, Kyrgyzstan
Nov. 20-25		Minister of Defense, Togo
Nov. 21-Dec.4	Assistant to the Chief of General Political Department to Tanzania and Egypt
Nov. 22-26		Port call to Zhanjiang by French naval ships
Nov. 22-28		Commander of the Army, Thailand
Nov. 22-30		Minister of Defense, Brazil
Nov. 23-29		Deputy Defense Chief of Staff, Italy
Nov. 24-30		Commander of the National Defense Forces, New Zealand
Nov. 29-Dec. 13	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
Nov. 30-Dec. 4		Minister of Defense, Kuwait
Nov. 30-Dec. 12	Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Thailand and the Philippines
Nov. 30-Dec. 16	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Myanmar, Bangladesh and India
Dec. 4-9		Minister of Defense, Sudan
Dec. 10-20	Political Commissar of the National Defense University to Hungary and Italy
Dec. 13-22	Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Area Command to Cuba
Dec. 14-21		Commander of the Air Force, Egypt
Dec. 15-22	Minister of National Defense to Russia
Dec. 15-Jan. 2, 2004	Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Cyprus, Sudan and Kenya
Jan. 13-15, 2004		Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.A.
Feb. 11-27	Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Brazil and Ecuador
Feb. 16-22		Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff, Macedonia
Feb. 16-Mar. 8	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Egypt, Zimbabwe and Vietnam
Feb. 24-28		Port call to Shanghai by a U.S. naval ship
Feb. 28-Mar. 3		Commander of the Australian Theater, Australia
Mar. 22-Apr. 3	Minister of National Defense to Pakistan, India and Thailand
Mar. 12-16		Port call to Qingdao by French naval ships
Mar. 14-21		Commander of the National Defense Forces, Zimbabwe
Mar. 27-Apr. 14	President of the National Defense University to Israel, Jordan and Ukraine
Apr. 1-5		Commander of the Air Force, the Philippines
Apr. 7-14		Commander of the Air Force, Serbia-Montenegro
Apr. 11-28	Chief of General Political Department to Mexico and Cuba
Apr. 11-28	Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command to Egypt and Syria
Apr. 14-17		Minister of Defense, Norway
Apr. 19-23		Chief of Defense, Finland
Apr. 20-22		Minister of Defense, Russia
Apr. 21-28		President of the National Defense University, ROK
Apr. 26-28		Minister of Defense, Kazakhstan
Apr. 26-29		Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force, Japan
May 10-15		Port call to Shanghai by an Indonesian naval ship
May 10-17		Chief of Staff of the People¡¯s Defense Forces, Tanzania
May 10-28	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Tanzania and Namibia
May 11-29	Chief of General Staff to France, Romania, Russia and the U.K.
May 15-29	Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Canada
May 17-24		Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan
May 22-Jun. 2	Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Cuba
May 23-Jun. 1	Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Slovakia, Czech and Poland
May 24-29		Minister of Defense, Chile
May 24-Jun. 4		Director of the General Bureau of Logistics and Finance of the Ministry of Defense, Cambodia
May 31-Jun. 5		State Affairs Secretary and concurrently Chief of the General Ordnance Department, Romania
Jun. 6-12		Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Greece
Jun. 10-17		Chief of the General Political Department of the People¡¯s Army, Laos
Jun. 11-20		Port call to Qingdao and Shanghai by U.K. naval ships
Jun. 14-19		Chief of Army Staff, Nepal
Jun. 20-26		Minister of Defense, Nigeria
Jun. 26-29	Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to DPRK
Jun. 28-Jul. 2		Port call to Shanghai by Chilean naval ships
Jul. 2-19	Political Commissar of General Logistics Department to Cuba and Venezuela
Jul. 3-19	Political Commissar of the National Defense University to Germany and Poland
Jul. 5-24	Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission to Russia, Egypt and South Africa
Jul. 6-9		Port call to Shanghai by Malaysian naval ships
Jul. 6-17	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Norway and Portugal
Jul. 12-14		Minister of the People¡¯s Armed Forces, DPRK
Jul. 19-26		Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Barbados
Jul. 21-25		Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command, U.S.A.
Jul. 21-26		Director of the General Bureau of Border Defense, Kazakhstan
Jul. 21-28		First Secretary-General of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar and concurrently Director of the General Bureau of Air Defense of the Ministry of National Defense, Myanmar
Jul. 25-Aug. 1		Vice-Chairman of the Border Defense Committee, Tajikistan
Jul. 26-30		Deputy General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany
Jul. 31-Aug. 14	Commander of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Zambia and Angola
Aug. 11-15		Port call to Shanghai by Thai naval ships
Aug. 16-Sep. 1	Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Cuba, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago
Aug. 20-Sep. 4	Political Commissar of the Air Force to Egypt and Tanzania
Aug. 22-28		Commander of the Army, the United Arab Emirates
Aug. 22-28		Commander of the Air Force, Brazil
Aug. 23-28		State Affairs Secretary, Hungary
Aug. 23-Sep. 7	Commander of the Jinan Military Area Command to Chile and Uruguay
Aug. 27-30		Port call to Shanghai by Canadian naval ships
Aug. 27-31		Commander of the National Defense Forces, Australia
Aug. 29-Sep. 4		Chief of General Staff, Niger
Aug. 29-Sep. 5		Chief of Staff of the Army, Tunisia
Aug. 30-Sep. 4		Minister of Defense, Lithuania
Sep. 3-9		Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jordan
Sep. 5-12		Minister of Defense, Guinea- Bissau
Sep. 6-15	Assistant to the Chief of General Staff to Germany and Italy
Sep. 6-21	Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Russia and Hungary
Sep. 15-18		Chief of Staff of the Army, Spain
Sep. 18-26		Chief of General Staff, Austria
Sep. 19-25		Minister of Defense, Egypt
Sep. 20-26		Commander of the Air Force, Uruguay
Sep. 20-Oct. 5	Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Romania and Croatia
Sep. 21-29		Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh
Sep. 22-24		Secretary of State for Defense, U.K.
Sep. 22-28		Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Philippines
Sep. 22-28		Commander of the Royal Armed Forces, Brunei
Sep. 22-Oct. 6	Commander of the Guangzhou Military Area Command to Jordan and Lebanon
Sep. 24-27		Port call to Qingdao by U.S. naval ships
Sep. 25-30		Minister of Defense, Serbia-Montenegro
Oct. 4-27		Aerobatic Flight Team of the Air Force, France
Oct. 8-13		Chief of Staff of the Air Force, France
Oct. 10-14		Port call to Qingdao by Australian naval ships
Oct. 10-15		Commander of the Army, Chile
Oct. 11-29	Minister of National Defense to France, Belgium, Switzerland and Brazil
Oct. 13-21	Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Finland and Sweden
Oct. 16-19	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Australia
Oct. 18-22		Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces, Cambodia
Oct. 18-22		Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Italy
Oct. 23-Nov. 1		Chief of Staff of the Army, Lebanon
Oct. 24-31	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Japan and Thailand
Oct. 25-Nov. 13	Chief of General Staff to the U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand
Oct. 30-Nov. 2		Vice-Minister of Defense, Italy
Oct. 30-Nov. 7		Chief of Staff of the Navy, New Zealand
Oct. 31-Nov. 6		Minister of Defense, Bolivia
Nov. 7-14		Minister of Defense, the Philippines
Nov. 10-16		Minister of Defense, Albania
Nov. 12-26	Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Zambia and Uganda
Nov. 15-19		Chief of Staff of the Navy,  UK
Nov. 17-28	Commander of the Shenyang Military Area Command to ROK and Brunei
Nov. 22-27		Chief of Staff, Canada
Nov. 22-28		Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Columbia
Nov. 23-26		Vice-Minister of Defense, Belarus
Nov. 30-Dec. 6		Commander of Joint Headquarters, Ecuador
Nov. 30-Dec. 13	Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
Dec. 1-5	Deputy Chief of General Staff to Myanmar
Dec. 5-9		Commander of the Air Force, Australia
Dec. 8-11		Minister of Defense, Turkey
Dec. 12-15		Minister of Defense, Russia