Regulations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the Military Servece of Officers in Active Service
Regulations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the Military Servece of Officers in Active Service
Regulations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the Military Servece of Officers in Active Service
Order of the President No. 8
September 5, 1988
Catalogue
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Basic Requirements For Officers In Active Service And Their Training
Chapter III Appraisal Of Officers In Active Service And Their Appointment And Removal
Chapter IV Awards And Penalties For Officers In Active Service
Chapter V Material And Other Benefits For Officers In Active Service
Chapter VI Officers' Retirement From Active Service
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The present Regulations are formulated for the purpose of building a contingent of revolutionary, younger, better educated and professional officers to facilitate the People's Liberation Army's fulfilment of the tasks assigned by the State.
Article 2 Officers in active service in the People's Liberation Army are servicemen who hold posts at or above the level of platoon leader or specialized technical posts at or above the junior level and who have been granted military ranks at corresponding levels.
By the nature of the posts they hold, officers are classified as operational officers, political officers, logistics officers and specialized technical officers.
Article 3 In selecting and using officers, the principles of appointing people on their merits, stressing both political integrity and professional competence, attaching importance to actual performance and exchanging officers when appropriate must be adhered to, and democratic supervision exercised.
Article 4 The State shall, on the principle of giving preferential treatment to servicemen, determine the various kinds of treatment for officers.
Article 5 Officers who meet the provisions for retiring from active service as specified in the present Regulations shall retire from active service.
Article 6 The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army shall be responsible for managing the affairs concerning the officers of the entire Army, while the political departments of units at or above the regimental level shall be responsible for managing the affairs concerning the officers of their respective units.
Chapter II Basic Requirements For Officers In Active Service And Their
Article 7 Officers must meet the following basic requirements:
1. being loyal to the motherland, serving the people wholeheartedly, and devoting themselves to the cause of national defence;
2. observing the Constitution, laws and regulations, implementing State principles and policies and the Army's rules and regulations, and obeying orders and commands;
3. possessing sufficient understanding of theories and policies, scientific, general and specialized knowledge, the ability to organize and direct work, and good health-all needed for performing their duties; and
4. cherishing the soldiers, being fair and upright, being honest and clean in performing public duties, working hard, and fearing no sacrifice.
Article 8 The People's Liberation Army shall apply a system whereby its members are promoted as officers only after they have received training in academies or schools.
Operational, political and logistics officers who hold commanding posts at or below the battalion level shall be those trained in academies or schools for junior commanders; officers who hold commanding posts at the regimental or divisional level shall be those trained in academies or schools for intermediate commanders; and officers who hold commanding posts at or above the corps level shall be those trained in academies or schools for senior commanders.
Officers who serve in offices shall be those trained in appropriate academies or schools.
Specialized technical officers shall be those trained in specialized technical academies or schools corresponding to their specialized technical posts.
Outstanding soldiers may be promoted as officers after they have received training in academies or schools.
Article 9 In wartime, officers may be appointed directly from among soldiers, officers called up from the reserve service and the personnel of non-military departments.
Chapter III Appraisal Of Officers In Active Service And Their
Article 10 Leading cadres and political departments at various levels shall, in line with their division of responsibilities, appraise officers governed by them.
The appraisal shall be conducted in a comprehensive way by the leaders together with the rank and file against the basic requirements for officers and the criteria for the appraisal of officers formulated by the Central Military Commission, with stress on actual performance.
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