China's Ministry of National Defense unveiled its new spokesmen, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng and Colonel Yang Yujun, to domestic and foreign media on Friday during a press tour to an engineering regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Defense Ministry introduces new spokesman, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng.[China.org.cn]

Mr. Geng, 50, and Mr. Yang, 40, become the ministry's third and fourth spokesmen ahead of the PLA's founding anniversary on Aug. 1. Their two predecessors Hu Changming and Huang Xueping have been transferred to other posts within the ministry.

The ministry introduced the spokesperson system in May 2008 after the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake.