China-Russia Joint Military Exercises

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1	ID	Year	Date(s)	Month(s)	Day(s)	Exercise Name	Exercise Type	Bilateral/Multilateral	Location 1	Location 2	Other Participants	Description
2	1	2003	August 6-12	8	6-12	Coalition 2003	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Ucharal, Kazakhstan	Ili, Xinjiang, China	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in the first SCO multilateral joint counterterrorism exercise in Ucharal, Kazakhstan and Ili, China with other member states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
3	2	2005	August 18-25	8	18-25	Peace Mission 2005	Multi-Domain Exercise	Bilateral	Vladivostok, Russia	Shandong, China	NA	China and Russia held their first bilateral joint counterterrorism military exercise in Vladivostok, Russia and Shandong, China.
4	3	2006	March 2-5	3	2-5	East-Antiterror 2006	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Ulugbek, Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in a counterterrorism exercise in Uzbekistan with other SCO members Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
5	4	2007	May 28-31	5	28-31	Issyk-Kul Antiterror 2007	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in a counterterrorism exercise near Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan with other SCO members Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
6	5	2007	August 9-17	8	9-17	Peace Mission 2007	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises at Chelyabinsk, Russia and Urumqi, China with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
7	6	2007	September	9	NA	Cooperation 2007	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Khabarovsk, Russia	Moscow, Russia	NA	China and Russia held a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia.
8	7	2009	April 17-19	4	17-19	Norak Antiterror 2009	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Fakhrabad Training Grounds, Tajikistan	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercise with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
9	8	2009	July 22-26	7	22-26	Peace Mission 2009	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Khabarovsk, Russia	Taonan Tactical Training Base Jilin, China	NA	China and Russia held counterrorism exercises at Khabarovsk, Russia and Jilin, China with other SCO member states in observance.
10	9	2009	August 18 and 31	8	18 and 31	River/Port Emergencies Exercise	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Amur River, Russia	NA	NA	China and Russia held their first joint border blockading and controlling military exercise along the Amur River.
11	10	2009	September 18	9	18	Peace Shield 2009	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Gulf of Aden	NA	NA	China and Russia held anti-piracy naval exercises in the Gulf of Aden.
12	11	2010	September 10-25	9	10-25	Peace Mission 2010	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Gvardeyskiy, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises in the Matybulak range of Kazakhstan with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
13	12	2012	April 22-27	4	22-27	Joint Sea 2012	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Qingdao, Shandong, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise consisting of anti-submarine warfare and rescue simulations near Qingdao, China.
14	13	2012	June 8-14	6	8-14	Peace Mission 2012	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Khujand, Tajikistan	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises in Khujand, Tajikistan with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
15	14	2013	June	6	NA	Cooperation 2013	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Beijing, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held a counterterrorism joint training exercise in Beijing, China.
16	15	2013	July 5-12	7	5-12	Joint Sea 2013	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Peter the Great Gulf	Sea of Japan	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in Peter the Great Gulf and the Sea of Japan.
17	16	2013	July 27-August 15	7	7/27-8/15	Peace Mission 2013	Multi-Domain Exercise	Bilateral	Chelyabinsk, Russia	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint counterterrorism military exercise in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Despite previous Peace Missions including SCO states, other SCO member states were not part of this exercise.
18	17	2013	September 10-25	9	10-25	East 2013	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Mishan, Heilongjiang, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint arrest drill to combat illegal entry and exit at Mishan Port in Heilongjiang Province, China.
19	18	2014	January 25	1	25	NA	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Mediterranean Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held a small naval exercise with the heavy missile cruiser Peter the Great of the Russian Northern Fleet and the frigate Yancheng of the Chinese Navy.
20	19	2014	May 20-26	5	20-26	Joint Sea 2014	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	East China Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in the East China Sea.
21	20	2014	July	7	22-28	Aviadarts 2014	Competition	Multilateral	Lipetsk, Russia	Voronezh, Russia	Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition in three Russia with Belarus.
22	21	2014	August 4-16	8	4-16	Tank Biathlon 2014	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Serbia, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe	China and Russia participated in a tank competition in Russia with 10 other countries.
23	22	2014	August 24-29	8	24-29	Peace Mission 2014	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Zhurihe Training Base, Inner Mongolia, China	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises in Inner Mongolia with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
24	23	2014	October 20	10	20	Lijian 2014	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held counterterrorism and riot-control exercises involving hostage rescues and physical competitions between the police forces in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia Province, China.
25	24	2014	October 31	10	31	Border Defense Cooperation 2014	Ground Exercise	Bilateral	Hunchun, China	Khasan, Russia	NA	China and Russia held a joint exercise to defend against cross-border criminal and terrorist activities in Hunchun, Jilin Province, China and Khasan, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
26	25	2015	April 21-24	4	21-24	NA	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan	Shamsi Gorge, Kyrgyzstan	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan	Chinese and Russian special forces participated in a series of counterterrorism exercises in Kyrgyzstan with other SCO member states' special forces.
27	26	2015	May 17-21	5	17-21	Joint Sea 2015 (Phase I)	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Mediterranean Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held the first phase of a joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.
28	27	2015	August 1-15	8	1-15	International Army Games 2015	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple sites across Russia*	NA	Angola, Armenia, Venezuela, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan	China and Russia participated in an international military competition in Russia.
29	28	2015	August 23-28	8	23-28	Joint Sea 2015 (Phase II)	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan	NA	NA	China and Russia held the second phase Joint Sea 2015 naval exercises in the Sea of Japan.
30	29	2015	August 5-6	8	8/5-8/6	Aviadarts 2015	Competition	Multilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	Kazakhstan, Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2015 in Russia with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
31	30	2015	August 1-15	8	1-15	Tank Biathlon 2015	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2015 in Russia with multiple countries.
32	31	2015	September 15-17	9	15-17	CentrAsia-Antiterror 2015	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in joint command-staff counterterrorism exercises in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
33	32	2015	October 14-16	10	14-16	Xiamen 2015	Computer Simulation	Multilateral	Fujian, China	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in exercises combating online terrorism, in Fujian, China, with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
34	33	2016	May 23-29	5	23-29	Aerospace Security 2016	Computer Simulation	Bilateral	Moscow, Russia	NA	NA	China and Russia held their first computer-simulated missile defense exercise in Russia.
35	34	2016	May 22-June 4	5-6	5/22-6/4	Khaan 2016	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Five Hills Training Center, Mongolia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia joined 47 other countries in a peacekeeping exercise in Mongolia.
36	35	2016	July 3-14	7	3-14	Cooperation 2016	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Moscow, Russia	Smolensk, Russia	NA	China and Russia held cross-border counterterrorism training exercises in Russia and China.
37	36	2016	July 30-August 13	7-8	7/30-8/13	International Army Games 2016	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition in Russia and Kazakhstan.
38	37	2016	August 1-12	8	8/1-8/12	Aviadarts 2016	Competition	Multilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	Kazakhstan, Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2016 in Ryazan, Russia with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
39	38	2016	July 30-August 13	7-8	7/30-8/13	Tank Biathlon 2016	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2016 at Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia with multiple countries.
40	39	2016	August 22-25	8	22-25	Sharp Blade	Paramilitary Exercise	Multilateral	Gaoling Training Base, Beijing, China	NA	NA	China and Russia participated in a sniper competition at Gaoling Training Base, Beijing, China.
41	40	2016	September 12-19	9	12-19	Joint Sea 2016	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	South China Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise that included amphibious, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, and search-and-rescue operations in the South China Sea, near Guangdong Province.
42	41	2016	September 15-21	9	15-21	Peace Mission 2016	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Balykchy, Kyrgyzstan	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.	China and Russia participated in two-stage counterterrorism exercises in Kyrgyzstan with other SCO members Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
43	42	2016	November 28-December 4	11	11/28-12/4	NA	Ground Exercise	Multilateral	Korla, Xinjiang, China	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in ground exercises with mountain infantry troops in Korla, Xinjiang, China with other SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
44	43	2017	June	6	NA	NA	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	NA	NA	NA	China and Russia held a MOOTW maritime operation.
45	44	2017	July 21-28	7	21-28	Joint Sea 2017 (Phase I)	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Baltic Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held the first phase of Joint Sea 2017 naval exercises in the Baltic Sea.
46	45	2017	July 29-August 12	7-8	7/29-8/12	International Army Games 2017	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition spanning multiple countries.
47	46	2017	July 30-August 9	7-8	7/30-8/9	Aviadarts 2017	Competition	Bilateral	Changchun, Jilin, China	NA	NA	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2017 in Changchun, China.
48	47	2017	July 29-August 12	7-8	7/29-8/12	Tank Biathlon 2017	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2017 at Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia with multiple countries.
49	48	2017	September 22-27	9	22-27	Joint Sea 2017 (Phase II)	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan	Sea of Okhotsk	NA	China and Russia held the second phase of Joint Sea 2017 naval exercise in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
50	49	2017	December 11-16	12	11-16	Aerospace Security 2017	Computer Simulation	Bilateral	Beijing, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held a computer-simulated missile defense exercise in Beijing, China.
51	50	2017	December 2-14	12	2-14	Cooperation 2017	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Yinchuan, Ningxia, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held joint counterterrorism exercises in Ningxia Autonomous Region, China.
52	51	2018	July 28-August 11	7	7/28-8/11	International Army Games 2018	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition spanning multiple countries.
53	52	2018	July 28-August 11	7	7/28-8/11	Aviadarts 2018	Competition	Multilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	Kazakhstan, Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2018 in Ryazan, Russia with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
54	53	2019	July 28-August 11	7	7/28-8/11	Tank Biathlon 2018	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2018 at Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia with multiple countries.
55	54	2018	August 24-29	8	24-29	Peace Mission 2018	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Chelyabinsk, Russia	NA	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises in Chelyabinsk, Russia with SCO member states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
56	55	2018	August 11-17	9	11-17	Vostok 2018	Ground Exercise	Bilateral	Siberia, Russia	Russian Far East, Russia	NA	China participated in Russia's large-scale military exercise in Siberia and Russia's far east. This exercise aimed to simulate a wartime campaign.
57	56	2019	April 29-May 4	4	4/29-5/4	Joint Sea 2019	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Qingdao, Shandong, China	Yellow/East China Sea	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in Qingdao, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.
58	57	2019	July 23	7	23	NA	Aerial Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan	East China Sea	NA	China and Russia held their first joint aerial patrol over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.
59	58	2019	August 3-17	8	3-17	International Army Games 2019	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition spanning multiple countries.
60	59	2019	August 5-17	8	8/5-8/17	Aviadarts 2019	Competition	Multilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	Kazakhstan, Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2019 in Ryazan, Russia with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
61	60	2019	August 4-17	8	8/4-8/17	Tank Biathlon 2019	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2019 at Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia with multiple countries.
62	61	2019	September 16-21	9	16-21	Tsentr 2019	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	North Caucasus, Russia	Western Siberia, Russia	India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	China participated in Russia's annual war game in the North Caucasus and Western Siberia with India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
63	62	2019	October 11-22	10	11-22	Cooperation 2019	Paramilitary Exercise	Bilateral	Novosibirsk, Russia	NA	NA	China and Russia held joint counterterrorism exercises in Novosibirsk, Russia.
64	63	2019	November 24-30	11	24-30	Mosi	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Multilateral	South African Coast	NA	South Africa	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise with South Africa off the South African Coast.
65	64	2019	December 27-30	12	27-30	Marine Security Belt	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Multilateral	Gulf of Oman	NA	Iran	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise off in the Gulf of Oman with Iran.
66	65	2020	August 23-September 3	8-9	8/23-9/5	International Army Games 2020	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition spanning multiple countries.
67	66	2020	August 23-September 5	8-9	8/23-9/5	Aviadarts 2020	Competition	Bilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	NA	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2020 in Ryazan, Russia.
68	67	2020	August 23-September 5	8-9	8/23-9/5	Tank Biathlon 2020	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple Countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2020 at Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia with multiple countries.
69	68	2020	September 21-26	9	21-26	Kavkaz 2020	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Southern Military District, Russia	NA	Armenia, Pakistan	China and Russia participated in Russia's annual war game in the Southern Military District of Russia.
70	69	2020	December 22	12	22	NA	Aerial Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan/East China Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held their second joint aerial patrol over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.
71	70	2021	August 9-13	8	9-13	Zapad/Interaction 2021	Multi-Domain Exercise	Bilateral	Qingtongxia, Ningxia, China	NA	NA	China and Russia held military exercises in China's Ningxia Autonomous Region. The exercises were the first to be jointly planned and the first to be primarily led by China and feature mostly Chinese equipment.
72	71	2021	August 22-September 4	8-9	8/22-9/4	International Army Games 2021	Competition	Multilateral	Multiple Countries*	NA	Multiple Countries	China and Russia participated in an international military competition spanning multiple countries.
73	72	2021	August 22-September 4	8-9	8/22-9/4	Aviadarts 2021	Competition	Multilateral	Ryazan, Russia	NA	Belarus	China and Russia participated in an air force competition as part of the International Army Games 2021 in Ryazan, Russia, with Belarus.
74	73	2021	August 22-September 4	8-9	8/22-9/4	Tank Biathlon 2021	Competition	Multilateral	Alabino Training Ground, Moscow, Russia	NA	Multiple Countries	China and Russia participated in a tank competition as part of the International Army Games 2021 at Alabino Training Ground, near Moscow, with multiple countries.
75	74	2021	September 11-25	9	11-25	Peace Mission 2021	Multi-Domain Exercise	Multilateral	Orenburg, Russia	NA	India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan	China and Russia participated in counterterrorism exercises in Orenburg Russia with other SCO member states India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
76	75	2021	October 14-23	10	14-23	Joint Sea 2021	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan/East China Sea	NA	NA	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.
77	76	2021	November 19	11	19	NA	Aerial Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan	NA	NA	China and Russia held their third joint aerial patrol over the Sea of Japan.
78	77	2022	January 21	1	21	2022 Marine Security Belt	Naval Exercise/Patrol	Multilateral	Gulf of Oman/Northern Indian Ocean	NA	Iran	China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean with Iran, focused on anti-air, counter-piracy, and nighttime maritime operations.
79	78	2022	May 24	5	24	NA	Aerial Patrol	Bilateral	Sea of Japan/East China Sea/Western Pacific	NA	NA	China and Russia held their fourth joint aerial patrol over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the Western Pacific Ocean. This was their first joint exercise since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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