PLA ready to help ensure Games safety

The People's Liberation Army has pledged to help handle any emergency to ensure a successful Olympics.

"We're confident and capable of fulfilling our tasks to ensure a safe Games, and our preparation work is progressing well," Tian Yixiang, director of the PLA Command Team for Beijing Olympic Security Work, was quoted as saying by the PLA Daily over the weekend.

Land, navy and air forces will participate in safeguarding the Games, and the personnel involved are mainly from Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing and Ji'nan military commands, Tian said.