The People's Liberation Army Air Force opened a Sina Weibo micro-blogging account on Tuesday, following a succession of open house events aimed at boosting its public relations and marking the 66th anniversary of its founding on Nov 11.

Despite having only seven posts by Wednesday night, more than 6,900 micro-bloggers had followed the account on Sina Weibo, China's largest social networking website by the number of users.

By press time, the latest post on the account was issued on Wednesday evening, introducing the story of a daughter of an Air Force officer who died in line of duty.