1990年，中國(guó)人民解放軍向聯(lián)合國(guó)中東維和任務(wù)區(qū)派遣5名軍事觀察員，首次參加聯(lián)合國(guó)維和行動(dòng)。1992年，向聯(lián)合國(guó)柬埔寨維和任務(wù)區(qū)派出400人的工程兵大隊(duì)，首次派遣成建制部隊(duì)。2001年，成立國(guó)防部維和事務(wù)辦公室。2002年，加入聯(lián)合國(guó)一級(jí)維和待命安排機(jī)制。2009年，組建國(guó)防部維和中心。截至2010年12月，共參加19項(xiàng)聯(lián)合國(guó)維和行動(dòng)，累計(jì)派出維和官兵17390人次，9名維和官兵在執(zhí)行任務(wù)中犧牲。
中國(guó)維和部隊(duì)發(fā)揚(yáng)特別能吃苦、特別能戰(zhàn)斗、特別能奉獻(xiàn)的優(yōu)良作風(fēng)，以高度負(fù)責(zé)的職業(yè)精神投入工作，新建、修復(fù)道路8700多公里、橋梁270座，排除地雷和各類未爆物8900多枚，運(yùn)送物資60多萬(wàn)噸，運(yùn)輸總里程930多萬(wàn)公里，接診病人7.9萬(wàn)人次，圓滿完成聯(lián)合國(guó)賦予的各類維和任務(wù)。
In 1990, the PLA sent five military observers to the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - the first time China had taken part in UN peacekeeping operations. In 1992, it dispatched an engineering corps of 400 officers and men to the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) - the first time China had sent an organic unit on peacekeeping missions. It established the Peacekeeping Affairs Office of the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China in 2001. In 2002, it joined the UN Stand-by Arrangement System. In 2009, it established the Peacekeeping Center of the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. As of December 2010, China has dispatched 17,390 military personnel to 19 UN peace-keeping missions. Nine officers and men have lost their lives on duty.
Tough, brave and devoted, the Chinese peacekeeping troops have fulfilled various tasks entrusted to them by the UN in a responsible and professional way. They have built and repaired over 8,700 km of roads and 270 bridges, cleared over 8,900 mines and various explosive devices, transported over 600,000 tons of cargo across a total distance of 9.3 million km, and treated 79,000 patients.
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