Meet China's Armed Services Elite


There are or in addition to thus interesting sidelights inwards the pick of deputies representing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in addition to People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) at the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), the starting fourth dimension session of which was held inwards Beijing from March five to 20, 2018. Interesting is that despite the downsizing of the PLA past times 300,000 personnel in addition to the 'civilianisation' of a disclose of academics who had PLA ranks, the disclose of deputies has genuinely increased in addition to at 269 is i to a greater extent than than inwards the concluding NPC.


The ratio of PLA deputies is i deputy for every 8,528 persons inwards the PLA inwards contrast to i deputy for every 435,511 civilians.

The PLA in addition to the PAPF, which was brought nether the Central Military Commission amongst upshot from Jan 1, 2018, together sent 269 deputies of which five were from the PAPF.

Chinese media reports indicated that the Chinese Communist party's fundamental commission carefully vetted the pick of deputies in addition to that political reliability was the 'key' criteria.

The deputies representing the PLA/PAPF at this NPC reverberate Chinese President Xi Jinping's preference for elevating politically reliable, younger, officers amongst expert professional person qualifications, sense of state of war or state of war machine operations other than state of war (MOOTW) in addition to varied experience.

The average historic catamenia of the PLA/PAP deputies is 50.4 years, or 2.7 years less than at the previous NPC.
There are 21 deputies of ethnic minority backgrounds amongst ii each from the Tibetan in addition to Uyghur ethnic minorities.

An analysis of the composition of the PLA/PAPF deputies reveals that the deputies stand upwards for 23 organisations of the Chinese armed forces amongst the departments direct nether the CMC accounting for 37 deputies.

Anticipatedly the PLA Army (PLAA) has the maximum representation amongst 38 deputies.

This is followed past times the PLA Navy (PLAN) amongst 18; PLA Air Force (PLAAF) amongst 16; PLA Rocket Force (PLARF) amongst 13; in addition to the secretive PLA Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) amongst 3.

Three serving PLA home commanders are amid the Deputies to the NPC. These are: PLAA General Zhao Zongqi, commander of the PLA western home command; PLAN Vice Admiral Yuan Yubai, commander of the PLA southern home command; General Wang Jiaocheng, erstwhile commander of the PLA southern home command; in addition to General Liu Yuejun, commander of the PLA eastern home command.

Two political commissars of home commands are amid the deputies namely, PLAA Lieutenant General Wu Shezhou, political commissar of the western home command, in addition to Lieutenant General Fan Xiaojun, political commissar of the PLA northern home command.

PLAAF Lieutenant General Yi Xiaoguang -- who was appointed Commander of the crucial Central Theatre Command inwards Oct 2017, becoming the starting fourth dimension PLAAF officeholder to hold upwards appointed a PLA home commander -- is non amid the NPC deputies.

Yi Xiaoguang is, however, a fellow member of the to a greater extent than of import 19th fundamental committee.

The emphasis on technical qualifications is noticeable amongst 85 deputies -- or 31.6% of the amount disclose -- possessing professional person technical backgrounds.

This is an increment of 2.5% over the representation at the previous NPC. The disclose confirms the emphasis beingness given past times China's leadership to defense R&D in addition to S&T in addition to indigenous production of advanced weapons systems, warships, aircraft etc.

Noticeable too is the qualitative improvement inwards the educational in addition to professional person levels of the deputies amongst 148 of them having pedagogy qualifications at the inquiry level.

90 deputies convey received merit awards of PLA minute class in addition to above, in addition to all convey been described every bit 'outstanding inwards their areas of Chinese military'.

Interesting is the inclusion of Liu Wei, political commissar of the PAP garrison at Chongqing, amid the deputies to the NPC.

It is indicative of the PAP's importance inwards matters relating to domestic in addition to political security.

Chen Min’er, Politburo fellow member in addition to of late appointed political party secretarial assistant of the centrally administered Chongqing municipality, said on the sidelines of the NPC session on March 6, 2018, that investigating erstwhile Politburo members Bo Xilai in addition to Dominicus Zhengcai had removed 'major political hidden dangers for the party' in addition to that 'both are the beginning of the pollution of the political ecology, in addition to they massively harmed Chongqing's officials.'

'Everyone has heard that the evil legacy of Bo Xilai's thinking has yet to hold upwards purged, in addition to thus nosotros must purge it together amongst the pernicious influence of Dominicus Zhengcai,' Chen Min’er added.

General Wang Nin, a closed associate of Xi Jinping in addition to commander of the PAPF, had written inwards the Central Party School newspaper Study Times inwards Oct 2017 pointing to the PAP's describe of piece of occupation of ensuring national security, social stability in addition to preventing unharmonious demeanor inwards society'.

Jayadeva Ranade -- erstwhile additional secretarial assistant inwards the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Republic of Republic of India -- is President, Centre for mainland People's Republic of China Analysis in addition to Strategy.




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