Shortly before the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Admiral Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, held his first face-to-face meeting with Yang Zhibing, commander of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
PLA Eastern Theater Command Commander Yang Zhibin met with US Indo-Pacific Command commander Paparo in Canada, and the two sides discussed maintaining high-level communication and signing a memorandum on crisis communication.
According to CSIS expert Lin Yang's remarks at a seminar in September, US Indo-Pacific Command Commander Paparo and PLA Eastern Theater Command Commander Yang Zhibin held their first theater-level face-to-face meeting during the Indo-Pacific Defense Chiefs Meeting held in Canada in late August.