BEIJING - Marine forces of China and Thailand will hold a joint military training in South China's Guangdong province from May 9 to 29, sources with Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday.

The training, codenamed Blue Commando-2012, will be conducted in Zhanjiang and Shanwei of the province in line with an agreement reached by the two countries' navies, according to the ministry's information office.

The training will be the second of its kind by the two navies' marine forces since 2010, and it will feature anti-terrorism and increase mutual understanding of the two forces.