PLA Information Engineering University

The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University (IEU; Chinese: 中国人民解放军战略支援部队信息工程大学) is a military university in Zhengzhou, Henan, under the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force. It was established in 1999. Before that, it was run under the name of the PLA Information Engineering Institute.

PLA Information Engineering University
Other name
Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute
Former name
PLA Information Engineering Institute
Established1999 (1999)
Parent institution
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Websitewww.plaieu.edu.cn

The name Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute is used as a cover by researchers from the university, when they wish to hide their affiliation with the Chinese military. The name Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying and Mapping has been used for a similar purpose – that institute, officially known as the PLA Institute of Surveying and Mapping, was integrated into the PLA Information Engineering University in 1999.

It is reputed to be a center for information warfare research.

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