LANZHOU, July 15 -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) kicked off live-fire military training sessions for its ground forces on Tuesday, a source with the PLA said.

Ten brigades from area commands of Shenyang, Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu will be involved in 10 sessions of training, which is expected to last for three months.

Some of the training sessions will be conducted under a complex electromagnetic environment, and feature round-the-clock and all-weather drills.