Recent years, bilateral military relations developed smoothly with frequent high-level exchang of visits as follows:

To Myanmar: Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission General Chi Haotian (July 1995), Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission General Zhang Wannian (April 1996), Chief of the General Staff General Fu Quanyou (April 2001), Chief of the General Staff General Liang Guanglie (October 2008), Chief of the General Staff General Chen Bingde (March 2009).

January 2013, Deputy chief of the PLA General Staff Headquarters, Lt. General Qi Jianguo, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services and Commander-in-Chief of the Army General Soe Win, co-hosted the first Strategic Security Consultation between armed forces of China and Myanmar in NAY PYI TAW.

To China: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) Lieutenant General Than Shwe (October 1989), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Soe Win (November 2012), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye (October 1996), Chief of Staff (Army) Lieutenant General Tin Oo (May 2000), Chief of Staff Thura Shwe Mann (December 2002), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (August 2003), Secret 1 of SPDC and Chief of Air Defence Lieutenant General Soe Win (July 2004).