臧雅麒 何鹏刚
By Zang Yaqi and He Penggang
朱巴，12月17日 -- 中国赴南苏丹（朱巴）维和步兵营16日在南苏丹首都朱巴联合国特派团中国营地举行第七次指挥权交接仪式。
JUBA, Dec. 17 -- The Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) held the seventh ceremony of force command handover on December 16 at the Chinese peacekeeping camp of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
此次交接标志着中国第七批赴南苏丹（朱巴）维和步兵营圆满完成为期一年的维和任务，第八批维和步兵营正式开始履行维和任务。
This handover marked the successful completion of the one-year peacekeeping mission of the 7th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba), as taken over by its successor, the 8th batch.
连日来，两批维和官兵对车辆装备、武器弹药、医药器械、后勤物资、外事关系等多项内容进行了交接，并围绕任务区当前安全形势和遂行任务注意事项进行了交流，确保各项任务无缝对接、全面展开。
In the past few days, the two batches have handed over a number of materials including vehicles and equipment, weapons and ammunition, medical equipment, and logistic materials, and other issues related to foreign affairs relations, etc. They have also made exchanges on the current security situation and precautions for carrying out missions in the mission area.
根据计划，第七批维和步兵营第二梯队350人将于21日回国，第八批维和步兵营第二梯队350人将于同日抵达维和任务区。
According to the plan, the 2nd echelon of 350 peacekeepers with the 7th batch will return to China on December 21, and the 350-member 2nd echelon of the 8th batch will arrive at the peacekeeping mission area on the same day.
