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Xi urges breakthroughs in military structural reform

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2015-11-27 08:24Xinhua Editor: Mo Hong'e

习近平:全面实施军改战略 重新调整划设战区

2020年前要在领导管理体制、联合作战指挥体制改革上取得突破性进展,在优化规模结构、完善政策制度、推动军民融合发展等方面改革上取得重要成果,努力构建能够打赢信息化战争、有效履行使命任务的中国特色现代军事力量体系,完善中国特色社会主义军事制度

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting on reforming the armed forces on Nov. 26, 2015. (Photo/Xinhua)

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting on reforming the armed forces on Nov. 26, 2015. (Photo/Xinhua)

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged breakthroughs in reform of the country's armed forces by 2020, vowing to reorganize the current military administration structure and military command system.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks at a meeting on reforming the armed forces which was held from Nov. 24 to 26.

FROM MILITARY COMMANDS TO BATTLE ZONE COMMANDS

A new structure will be established, in which the CMC takes charge of the overall administration of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese People's Armed Police and the militia and reserve forces; battle zone commands focus on combats; and different military services pursue their own construction, Xi said.

While urging the PLA to maintain "correct political direction," Xi outlined "a series of designs and arrangements" to consolidate the basic principle that "the Communist Party of China (CPC) has absolute leadership of the armed forces."

According to Xi, the CMC's "centralized and unified" leadership should be strengthened to ensure that supreme administration and command status belong to the CMC and the CPC Central Committee.

Xi cited measures designed to "integrate the administrative system and the joint battle command system," including a general command center for land forces and enabling the CMC to directly administer and command various military departments.

The current regional military commands will be adjusted and regrouped into new battle zone commands supervised by the CMC, Xi said.

The reform will establish a three-tier "CMC - battle zone commands - troops" command system and an administration system that runs from CMC through various services to the troops.

Currently, a majority of Chinese troops consist of 850,000 land forces, which are deployed in seven military area commands headquartered in Shenyang, Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Lanzhou.

The CMC, the top leadership organ of the Chinese military, exercises command and control over the seven military area commands, the Navy, the Air Force and the Second Artillery Corps through the four general headquarters.

  

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