China seeks a peaceful international environment to develop itself and realize the Chinae Dream, and at the same time safeguards and promotes world peace through its own development, Qiao said.

"To this end, building strong armed forces is essential," Qiao added.

Bo Zhiyue, the founder and president of the Bo Zhiyue China Institute, said that it is critical for every country in the world to build a modernized army.

China, the biggest developing country in the world, needs a powerful people's army to provide assurance for its economic growth and safeguard its state sovereignty, Bo added.

China's grand strategy is peaceful development, and the core of the strategy is economic growth, said Bo, adding that building a world-class armed force is of vital significance to a country's sovereignty, security and development.

Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle has expressed his congratulation for the PLA's 90th founding anniversary.

He said that both Chile and China are peace-loving countries, which have maintained good military-to-military relations.

The former president added that he believed the two countries will continue to develop their military-to-military relations and make concerted efforts to safeguard peace.

Bambang Suryono, an Indonesian scholar and president of the Jakarta-based think tank Nanyang ASEAN Foundation, said that China's PLA is capable of deterring and wining wars as it has made eye-catching achievements in military capabilities and national defense building.

Meanwhile, Major General David Gawn, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), spoke highly of the troops of China.

"Right now I work as the head of commission for UNTSO. I have five Chinese officers under my command. I'm very impressed with the professionalism and everything that they do," said Gawn.

"Having worked an exercise with Chinese and the PLA, I wouldn't expect anything less. I think as much as the world knows, China is the biggest contributor to U.N. operations. We couldn't be there without China. So, great country, great relationship and great troop," added Gawn.