BEIJING, Aug. 18 -- The Chinese and Mongolian border defense troops recently conducted Border Defense Cooperation 2025 joint exercise in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The joint exercise focused on crackdown on cross-border illegal criminal activities. Border defense troops of both sides carried out joint blockade and control, multi-dimensional reconnaissance, and three-dimensional annihilation.

The exercise examined the capabilities of both sides in command and collaboration and contingency response, laying foundation for their joint border management and control operations .

(Video Editor: Zhang Yajie)