2015 People's Republic of China military reform

2015 People's Republic of China military reform
2015 People's Republic of China military reform
Traditional Chinese	深化國防和軍隊改革
Simplified Chinese	深化国防和军队改革
Literal meaning	Deepening national defense and military reform
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	shēnhuà guófáng hé jūnduì gǎigé

The first wave of the People's Republic of China's military reform was announced in November 2015 at a plenary session of the Central Military Commission's Central Leading Group for Military Reform.[1][2][3][4][5]

In January 2014, Chinese senior military officers said that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was planning to reduce the number of military regions from seven to five "Theater Commands" to have joint command with the ground, naval, air and rocket forces. This is planned to change their concept of operations from primarily ground-oriented defense to mobile and coordinated movements of all services and to enhance offensive air and naval capabilities. The coastal areas would be turned into three military regions, each with a joint operations command (Jinan, Nanjing and Guangzhou) for projecting power into the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea. The four other inland military regions (Shenyang, Beijing, Chengdu and Lanzhou) will be streamlined into two military areas mainly for organizing forces for operations. The change was projected to occur through 2019.[6]

The South China Morning Post reported in December 2015 that the Central Military Commission, chaired by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, would scrap all four army headquarters — the General Political, General Logistics, General Armament and General Staff Departments, and replaced with the Political Work, Logistic Support, Equipment Development and Joint Staff Departments respectively. [7]

References

Minnie Chan (November 24, 2015). "China hits the launch button for massive PLA shake-up to create a modern, nimble force". South China Morning Post.
Ben Blanchard (November 27, 2015). "China's army to get more prominent role in military reform". Reuters.
Dingding Chen (December 1, 2015). "Take Notice, Asia: China's Military Is Getting Leaner and More Lethal". The Diplomat.
Mu Chunshan (December 5, 2015). "The Logic Behind China's Military Reforms". The Diplomat.
"China Takes Bold Steps Toward Military Reform". Stratfor. January 11, 2016.
China plans military reform to enhance its readiness - The-Japan-news.com, 2 January 2014
"PLA to announce overhaul: five 'strategic zones' will replace regional commands, most army HQ to be scrapped". South China Morning Post. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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[1] Minnie Chan (November 24, 2015). "China hits the launch button for massive PLA shake-up to create a modern, nimble force". South China Morning Post.

[2] Ben Blanchard (November 27, 2015). "China's army to get more prominent role in military reform". Reuters.

[3] Dingding Chen (December 1, 2015). "Take Notice, Asia: China's Military Is Getting Leaner and More Lethal". The Diplomat.

[4] Mu Chunshan (December 5, 2015). "The Logic Behind China's Military Reforms". The Diplomat.

[5] "China Takes Bold Steps Toward Military Reform". Stratfor. January 11, 2016.

[6] China plans military reform to enhance its readiness - The-Japan-news.com, 2 January 2014

[7] "PLA to announce overhaul: five 'strategic zones' will replace regional commands, most army HQ to be scrapped". South China Morning Post. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.