This is a list of Chinese military accidents that have taken place in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 involving the People's Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...

. It is likely to be incomplete due to the difficulty in reporting such accidents because of state control

Censorship in the People's Republic of China

Censorship in the People's Republic of China is implemented or mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Communist Party of China . The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau have their own legal systems and are largely self-governing, so these censorship policies do not apply...

 of the Chinese media.

2000s

• 2003 - explosion on board an overcrowded Ming-class diesel-powered submarine
  Submarine
  A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
  
  , Navy Submarine No. 361, killed 70. "The most startling thing about this episode is that [the government] issued a public report," noted one analyst, Evan Medeiros, a China specialist at the Rand Corp. The capacity of the submarine was for 57 men, including 10 officers. The exact cause of the explosion is unclear, but the submarine most likely did not sink.

2010s

• August 2011 - radiation leak
  2011 Type 094 accident
  A Type 094 nuclear submarine belonging to China is thought to have suffered a radiation leak in July 2011. Media coverage of the event has been banned, leading to international concern over the handling of the crisis...
  
   on board an 8,000-ton Type 094 Jin-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, docked in Dalian
  Dalian
  Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's...
  
  . According to reports, China Era Electronics Corporation was installing an electronic system when the leak occurred.

Other incidents

Details are unclear, but the Washington Post reported in 2003 that there had been other incidents, including "the reported explosion of a Xia class nuclear submarine during construction", and that one of the first Ming-class submarines was scrapped because a fire broke out on board also during construction.