China Sets Up Oxygen Plant For Troops In High-Altitude Tibet

China has installed oxygen production and supply plant for troops stationed in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and Pamir plateau regions.

Under this project, People's Liberation Army has equipped about 800-plus troop units with 165 oxygen generation stations, eight hyperbaric oxygen chambers, 12 plateau oxygen trucks, 4,807 small oxygen generators and 6,830 oxygen cylinders, China Military Online reported this week.

The Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) also has a plan of effective management and maintenance of the oxygen production installments.

According to the plan, an integrated military-civilian maintenance network and spare parts, supply channels will be set up.

The oxygen production-supply integrated support will be incorporated into the joint operation system of PLA's plateau troops.

Oxygen supply facilities are available by the bedside of individual soldiers, and the mobile and base supports of oxygen supply are available for troops in training. The full-process oxygen supply mode in wartime is on a trial basis now.

"A total of 12 joint maintenance points have been set up with technical staff coming from both military and civilian units," said an official of the Health Bureau under the CMC's Logistics Support Department.