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From what I understand, Informationization means giving PLA officers laptops to play minesweeper with.
Anyways, this is from 3/16/2008's PLAdaily.
New Infantry Training Gangyao (roughly translated as guild line or doctrine) released for all infantries (ground, marine, Airborne, etc) They are planned to equip NCO with GPS devices and more importantly, give NCO the capabilities to call and direct close air support, in this article, from LH (army aviation).
http://www.pladaily.com.cn/site1/xwp...nt_1165793.htm
士官任永辉利用卫星导航系统手持机进行观察报知。夏安杰摄
本报郑州3月16日电 记者胡君华、费士廷报道：从“一杆枪跑战术”到“身带多种信息化装备作战”，新大纲 使我军单兵作战能力发生了历史性变化，传统步兵将告别演兵场。
记者今天在济南军区某机步旅新大纲试训现场看到，一营三连二级士官任永辉，身背新型电台，肩挎卫星导航 系统手持机，手握新式步枪投入战斗，搜集传递情报、搜索引导目标、爆破打击“敌人”……单兵作战能力今非昔 比。
战斗间隙，任永辉告诉记者：“以往，步兵训练手中的家当基本上就是‘一杆步枪、四枚手榴弹’，携带的武 器装备单一，战技术综合运用能力有限。如今，步兵按新大纲要求携带好几种现代化装备，这在以前是不可想象的 。”
正说着，任永辉携带的电台通信突然出现异常。经过仔细搜索，发现不远处有一座“敌”移动卫星通信站，他 迅速拿出卫星导航系统手持机，精确测量目标坐标，同时把情报传递给了远在数十公里之外的陆航指挥中心。很快 ，我武装直升机飞临上空，一举将“敌”卫星通信站摧毁。
任永辉的出色表现，正是这个旅新大纲试训带来的一大亮点。据悉，为了适应未来陆、海、空、天、电（磁）五位 一体联合作战需要，新大纲对单兵综合演练内容进行了较大幅度调整，将原有的检验身体素质、战斗技能和战斗行 动，细化组合为检验观察报知能力、战斗运动能力、打击能力、爆破能力和防护能力等5种能力，突出科技、心理 等5种素质，形成信息化条件下单兵综合训练新模式。
“单兵不再是战场上独立的个体，而是整个作战链条上的一个节点。”旅参谋长张书杰说，以往只是单一战斗员的 传统步兵，现在已成为集战斗员、情报搜集员、目标引导员等多种身份于一体的现代士兵。他们的出现，将极大地 提高战场感知能力、火力打击能力，促进我军作战效能成倍增长。
Here is a very poor Google machine translation.
NCO Linyonghui use handheld satellite navigation system to observe notification. Jiaanjie perturbation
-- Zhengzhou, March 16 - China's Hu, fees Shiting reported: "Yiganqiang run tactics" to the "body with a wide range of information equipment operations," and the outline of the new one-man army in the history of combat capability changes in the traditional infantry will bid farewell to the drill ground.
-- Today at the Jinan Military Region of a mechanized infantry brigade new outline training are at the scene to see, even a camp three Linyonghui two noncommissioned officers, a new radio than he led, Jianku handheld satellite navigation system, new rifles in their hands fighting, collect transfer intelligence, search guidance, blasting against the "enemy"…… single combat capability beyond.
Battle space, Linyonghui told reporters: "In the past, infantry training is basically the hands of the family belongings' one rifle, four hand grenades', carrying weapons and equipment of a single, integrated use of technology warfare limited capacity. Today, the infantry with the new program requirements Several modern equipment, which was unimaginable in the past. "
Now Then, Linyonghui portable radio communications suddenly appeared abnormal. After careful search, found not far from there an "enemy" mobile satellite communication station, he rapidly produce handheld satellite navigation system, the accurate measurement of target coordinates passed to the intelligence at the same time, far in the dozens of kilometers from the Army Aviation command Centre. Soon, I armed helicopters flew above, and in the "enemy" satellite communication stations destroyed.
Linyonghui outstanding performance, it is this brigade new outline of the training are a major bright spot. Reportedly, in order to adapt to the future of land, sea, air, space, and (magnetic) five integrated joint operations, the new outline of a comprehensive exercise on the content of man-a more substantial adjustments, the original physical fitness test, fighting skills and combat operations, refining portfolio to test observations were reported to capacity, and the battle exercise capacity, capability, blasting and defense capabilities, such as five kinds of capabilities, outstanding scientific, technological, psychological and five kinds of quality of information under the conditions of a single new model of comprehensive training .
"Man-on the battlefield is no longer an individual, but the entire chain of operations on a node." Brigade Chief of Staff Zhang Jie said, in the past only a single member of the traditional infantry fighting, it is now set to become combatants, the collection of intelligence, , and other members of goals to guide one's identity in the modern soldier. They emerge, it will greatly enhance the battlefield sensing capability and firepower capability and combat effectiveness of our military to promote doubled.