臧雅麒 孙雪松
By Zang Yaqi and Sun Xuesong
朱巴，12月22日 -- 中国第八批赴南苏丹（朱巴）维和步兵营第二梯队350名官兵21日抵达朱巴任务区。至此，第八批维和步兵营700名官兵全部部署到位，开始执行为期一年的维和任务。
JUBA, Dec. 22 -- The 350-member 2nd echelon of the 8th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) arrived at the mission area in Juba on December 21. This marked that all 700 troops of the 8th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan have arrived in the mission area and started to perform one-year peacekeeping mission.
第八批维和步兵营第一梯队350人已于12月1日抵达，经过隔离观察后，于15日与第七批维和步兵营完成车辆装备、武器弹药、医药器械、后勤物资等多项内容的交接，并于16日举行指挥权交接仪式，正式履行维和使命。
The 350-member first echelon arrived on December 1. After medical isolation, they completed the handover of a number of materials including vehicles, weapons and ammunition, medical equipment, and logistic materials with their predecessors on December 15. The command handover ceremony was held on December 16 and the members of the first echelon officially started to perform the peacekeeping mission thereafter.
据介绍，第八批维和步兵营以中部战区陆军第82集团军为主抽组而成，包括步兵、装甲兵、侦察兵、炮兵、工兵和医疗兵等，将执行武装巡逻、警戒搜查、武装护卫、保护平民等任务，同时还将参加医疗救助、文化交流、人道主义救援等活动。
Formed mainly from the 82nd Group Army under the PLA Central Theater Command, the peacekeeping battalion includes infantry, armored, reconnaissance, and artillery, engineering and medical troops. They will perform tasks including armed patrols, cordon and search, armed escorts, and protection of civilians, and participate in medical assistance, cultural exchanges, humanitarian rescue and other UN activities.
