巴丹吉林沙漠主要位於中華人民共和國內蒙古西部的額濟納旗、阿拉善右旗，是中國第三大沙漠。面積約4.43萬平方公里。「巴丹吉林」系蒙古語，以一居民點得名。該沙漠中有解放軍的戰機訓練基地「綜合性導彈試驗靶場」。

該沙漠同時也曾是夾邊溝勞改農場的所在地。1957-1960年間，該農場的3000餘名「右派」因糧食供應不足導致二分之一的人口餓死。

夾邊溝，地名，位於中國甘肅省酒泉市境內巴丹吉林沙漠邊緣，這裡曾經有一個勞改農場。1957年10月至1960年底，近3千名右派分子被關押在這裡勞動改造。恰逢中國大饑荒，糧食產量急劇減少，造成約1500人因飢餓而死亡。中國作家楊顯惠著有《夾邊溝記事》一書，專題紀錄這段悲慘的歷史。

中國人民解放軍在當地設有秘密軍事基地，詳細規模不得而知，已知至少有一座大型機場。1958年1月18日彭德懷指示在沙漠成立綜合性導彈試驗靶場，空空導彈試驗部為第二試驗部，地空導彈試驗部為第三試驗部，1959年4月組建了空軍第三訓練基地。中國產第一、二、三代防空導彈都是在此研發，2003年-2005年間殲十戰機在當地實彈測試被多次目擊，殲-7和殲-16也在當地有測試的公開照片曾經發布。據《解放軍報》公開消息指當地又增設了電子戰綜合訓練場，模擬複雜電磁環境作戰實驗。

其實中國在廣大的西北地區包括新疆,西藏,青海.西康,東北地區包括黑龍江,蒙古等地,設有許多的勞改營兼秘密軍事基地?

自從美國重返亞太戰略以來,中國積極備戰,已將青康藏高原地區,列入優先備戰秘密基地,大肆建設軍事基地?

以防止第3次世界大戰的牽連,保存實力,由此觀之中國深謀遠慮的戰略,是考慮長久未來的生存發.,諸如原子彈,氫彈,人造衛星的試驗場,發射場,飛彈以及重武器的試驗場地.

 

The Badain Jaran Desert (Chinese: 巴丹吉林沙漠; pinyin: Bādānjílín Shāmò) is a desert in China which spans the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. It covers an area of 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). By size it is the third largest desert in China.

Jiabiangou Labor Camp.Jiabiangou Labor Camp

The infamous Jiabiangou Labor Camp was located on the edge of the desert and 27 kilometers from Jiuquan, Gansu. Between 1957 and 1961, the camp was used for "re-education through labor" to imprison intellectuals and former government officials that were declared to be "rightist" in the Anti-Rightist Movement of the Communist Party. Out of 3,000 prisoners, 2,500 died between 1957 and 1960, during the height of the Great Chinese Famine. The remains of the camp and the unmarked graveyards were poorly maintained and is heavily guarded by the Communist Chinese government. Relatives of the dead are only permitted during the times of Qingming. In November 2013, a memorial dedicated to the dead was quickly destroyed by local government. Many graves and human remains were also removed since then to prevent people from visiting.^[8]