"There are about 4,800 committees under local governments and military authorities that are dedicated to protecting facilities, but only a few of them have performed their duties regularly," said Ma Yifei, a senior officer in the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The reasons include personnel shortages and frequent turnover. The committees are usually composed of officers and civil servants temporarily assigned for short-term duty, state-run China Daily reported.
China recently has accused US of carrying out cyber espionage of its military installations.
Investigations found that fake companies or sightseeing tours are often used as pretexts by outside entities to approach sensitive Chinese facilities for the purpose of gathering military secrets, Song said.
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In addition, some local governments' pursuit of economic growth and the behaviour of ordinary residents can cause trouble for the military.
Shan Shaoli, another staff officer told the daily that there more than 1,000 high-rises that exceed their approved heights inside the flight-security perimeters of the country's airbases, leading to the closure of nearly 20 bases and about 100 accidents.
To resolve the potential threats to the military facilities, the National People's Congress Standing Committee, China's top legislature, passed a set of amendments to the Military Facilities Protection Law on Friday.