Since September 5, the pre-service training for 580 recruits in Zhongshan City in 2020 has been in full swing at Wuguishan Training Base for National Defense Education.

According to the training program for recruits and the daily regime of the army, training will be carried out on knowledge of national defense laws and regulations, battalion formations, physical agility, housekeeping, military songs, and other items to teach recruits how to establish correct national defense concepts and adapt to the living environment and routines of the army before official service.

The 580 recruits will be assigned to serve in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), Naval Aviation University, 75th Army Group, and 80th Army Group of the PLA Army.

New recruits march in step on the training ground. [Photos by Yu Zhaoyu]

In the dormitories, the push-up challenge is one of the favorite recreational activities of new recruits.

A new recruit from Torch Development Zone performs his unique talent in the dormitory.

The recruits practice folding up quilts in the dormitory.

New recruits write down their training experience during the spare time.

The drillmaster guides the recruits on the training ground.

The drillmaster awards an enlistment ribbon on a student from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute.

After nearly a week of training, the recruits give a performance of the training before leaving for the military camps.

New recruits set off for the military camps.