Exercises Military Diplomacy

Our Peacekeeping Forces Participate in Joint Exercise to Forge Mass-Casualty Treatment Capabilities

我维和部队参加联演锤炼批量伤员救治能力

PLA Daily (解放军报) 25 June 2026

Summary

China's 16th peacekeeping medical and engineering detachments in South Sudan (Wau) conducted a joint mass-casualty treatment exercise with the Bangladeshi infantry battalion and UNMISS police, testing triage, evacuation, and multi-department handoff procedures across the full treatment chain. The exercise documents the detachment's routine readiness maintenance cycle in the Wau mission area and confirms that Chinese peacekeeping medical units are conducting interoperability drills with non-Chinese UN contingents under UNMISS command structures — a narrow but concrete record of how China's peacekeeping forces integrate with multinational frameworks at the operational level.

Translation

Scene from the comprehensive mass-casualty treatment exercise. Photo by Gao Junwei. PLA Daily report by Miao Changhao and special correspondent Wang Yi: Recently, China's 16th peacekeeping medical detachment and engineering detachment deployed to South Sudan (Wau), together with relevant United Nations functional departments and friendly peacekeeping forces, jointly conducted a comprehensive mass-casualty treatment exercise covering the full process and all elements (全流程、全要素), effectively forging the capability to execute emergency rescue and coordinated response missions under sudden contingencies.

The exercise was closely aligned with the security situation in the mission area, with a scenario background of personnel casualties caused by a sudden conflict, and focused on testing battlefield emergency medical care, rapid casualty evacuation, and multi-department joint treatment procedures. After the exercise commenced, Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers, together with participating forces including officers and soldiers of the Bangladeshi infantry battalion and United Nations police, responded and moved into position without delay. Security personnel implemented area lockdown, while medical personnel strictly followed treatment procedures and carried out triage assessment, hemorrhage control and bandaging, fracture immobilization, and other response tasks.

During the exercise, Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers conducted triage according to the severity of casualties' injuries and administered precise treatment. For seriously wounded casualties, emergency treatment channels were immediately opened, vital signs were closely monitored, and targeted interventions were administered; for lightly wounded casualties, wound debridement, bandaging, and information registration were completed simultaneously. After the treatment phase concluded, handoffs between each position proceeded smoothly, and casualties were transferred in an orderly manner to rear medical facilities. Eric, Director of the Integrated Operations Center of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Western Sector, who observed the exercise on site, gave a high evaluation: "The Chinese peacekeeping force's medical treatment operations are standardized, their coordination is seamless, and their response capabilities are professional and efficient."

This exercise further standardized the mass-casualty treatment procedures in the mission area. Going forward, Chinese peacekeeping forces will keep a close watch on the complex situation in the mission area, conduct treatment exercises on a routine basis, and continuously enhance rapid-response and precise-treatment capabilities, fulfilling the peacekeeping mission with superior skills.

Original Chinese

伤员救治综合演练现场。高俊伟摄解放军报讯苗长昊、特约记者王轶报道：近日，中国第16批赴南苏丹（瓦乌）维和医疗分队和工兵分队，与联合国相关职能部门及维和友军，联合开展全流程、全要素批量伤员救治综合演练，有效锤炼了在突发情况下遂行应急救援与协同处置任务的能力。此次演练紧贴任务区安全形势，以突发冲突导致人员受伤为想定背景，重点检验战场紧急救护、伤员快速后送及多部门联合救治流程。演练开始后，中国维和官兵与孟加拉国步兵营官兵、联合国警察等参演力量迅即响应到位。警戒人员实施区域封控，医疗救护人员严格遵循救治流程，展开伤情评估、止血包扎、骨折固定等处置工作。演练中，中国维和官兵根据伤员伤情轻重进行检伤分类，实施精准治疗。对重伤员立即开通急救通道，严密监测生命体征并给予针对性处置；对轻伤员同步完成清创包扎与信息登记。救治环节结束后，各岗位衔接顺畅，伤员被有序转运至后方医疗机构。现场观摩的联南苏团西战区综合行动中心主任埃里克高度评价：“中国维和部队医疗救治操作规范、配合默契，处置能力专业高效。” 此次演练进一步规范了任务区批量伤员救治流程。下一步，中国维和部队将紧盯任务区复杂形势，常态化开展救治演练，持续提升快速反应与精准救治能力，以过硬本领履行维和使命。