Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th. With the approval of the Central Military Commission, the General Office of the Central Military Commission recently issued the "Notice on the Preliminary Adjustment of the Policy for the Promotion of Military Ranks of Officers at the Mi

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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8 With the approval of the Central Military Commission, the General Office of the Central Military Commission recently issued the "Notice on the Preliminary Adjustment of the Policy for the Promotion of Military Ranks of Officers at the Military Level or above" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). This is an important measure to introduce military human resources policies and systems in the direction of professionalization of military officers, and is of great significance to the comprehensive promotion of the hierarchy system for military rank leading officers.

So how much do you know about the military rank and the history of our army's implementation of military ranks?

What is the military rank? Many people will say that they are the "stars" and "cards" on the shoulders of soldiers. In fact, that is just an external symbol of military rank. Military rank production is an important military system and has rich connotations, including the setting of military rank ranks, the establishment of military rank ranks, the awarding and promotion of military ranks, the service life of military ranks, the relationship between military ranks and soldiers, etc. Among them, the establishment of military ranks is the core of the military rank system and is closely related to the size of the military, the organizational system, and the position level.

As we all know, our army's rank system was implemented after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the war years, due to historical conditions, our army failed to formally implement the military rank system. However, some personnel of our army had military ranks at that time, and the military rank system was planned to be implemented twice. The tortuous process of implementing the military rank system in our army has witnessed the development experience of the regularization of the army.

During the war, some cadres of our army once had military ranks

In the Red Army team, there was no rank rank, and there was no difference between the costumes of officers and soldiers and the identification signs. Zhu De, known as the "father of the Red Army" and "commander of the common people", had a couplet, which vividly described the scene of the Red Army soldiers sharing the joys and sorrows: "In the White Army, the salaries of generals and lieutenants were different; in the Red Army, the treatment of officers and soldiers was completely equal."

Red Army Commander-in-Chief Zhu De wore the same military uniform as a soldier, without any hierarchical mark. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and included it in the sequence of the National Revolutionary Army. The troops' organization, organizational structure, personnel equipment, clothing, and logos are basically the same as those of the Kuomintang army. In addition, according to the rank of the National Revolutionary Army, all cadres at all levels were awarded military ranks.

However, the military ranks of cadres of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army at that time were mainly seen in the "Resume" and "Report". I generally know it, but many people have no impression of their military ranks.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, our army was only a few commanders wearing military rank signs. For example, Ye Ting, the commander of the New Fourth Army, left many photos of him wearing lieutenant general's uniform.

General Ye Ting in the uniform of a lieutenant general.

Since it was the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent cadres to participate in the work of the National Government Military Commission, and they also had military ranks. For example, Zhou Enlai was appointed as the lieutenant general and deputy minister of the Political Department by the National Government Military Commission.

Zhou Enlai wearing the general seal.

In addition, in order to facilitate dealing with the Kuomintang army, staff members of the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army Offices in the Kuomintang-controlled area also had military ranks.

During the war, our army planned to implement the military rank system twice

in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, when the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission pointed out in the "Decision on the Political Work of the Forces in the New Stage" on August 1, 1937 that our army would "adopt the official rank system." This "official rank" is military rank.

April 1, 1939, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief, called Mao Zedong and the Secretariat of the Central Committee, proposing that "the troops are expanding, and various systems of the regular army need to be solved urgently. It is planned to differentiate between the National Revolutionary Army and stipulate the level of cadres at all levels in the army (three-class and nine-level system) according to the organization of the National Revolutionary Army."

On May 30 of the same year, the Eighth Route Army General Command issued the "Training Order to Establish a Hierarchy System".The proposed ranks this time were set according to the ranks of the Kuomintang army at that time, and were 6th grades and 16th grades: general , lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major ; captain, lieutenant , second lieutenant; warrant officer ; sergeant , sergeant, corporal; corporal , first corporal, new recruit. After the

training order was issued, the leadership organs of the Eighth Route Army and some regular troops conducted rank evaluation activities. However, at that time, except for the staff of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army Office stationed in the Guotong District who were awarded ranks due to work needs, the entire army was difficult to award ranks for a while due to the increasing difficulty in fighting behind enemy lines and increasing guerrillaism. Especially between 1941 and 1942, the most difficult stage of the Anti-Japanese War, and the rank awarding work could not continue. In April 1942, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission issued instructions to stop the implementation of the military rank system.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party signed the "Double Tenth Agreement" on October 10, 1945. On January 31, 1946, a political consultation meeting was held by representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, other parties and non-party members, and passed the "CPPCC Resolution", and the Kuomintang accepted our party's basic policy on peacefully building the country. In order to adapt to this new situation, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out in the "Instructions on Several Issues Concerning the Reorganization of the Military" on February 24, 1946: "Military cadres of our party should request the government to increase the commission and obtain formal official titles so that they can occupy a certain position in the Ministry of National Defense in the future and will be treated by the state at the level." Therefore, the Party Central Committee decided that "cadres at all levels of our army must implement the regular system of generals and lieutenants."

After the "Instructions" were issued, the military rank ranks began to be assessed among some organs and military cadres of our army. However, the rank evaluation work of our army had just started shortly after, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the "arm war agreement" and launched a full-scale civil war. This work had to be stopped.

955

Our army first implemented the military rank system

After the founding of New China, the modernization and regularization of the People's Liberation Army had a solid political and material foundation. After several years of preparation, our army officially implemented the military rank system in 1955.

Military rank rank is the core of the military rank system. This time, the rank rank setting refers to the military rank systems of the Soviet Union, North Korea and other countries. According to the development of military ranks since the Revolution of 1911 in my country, a total of 6 grades of 19 levels are set:

　　　Marson of the People's Republic of China and Marshal of the People's Republic of China;

　　　The fourth level of general: general, general, lieutenant general, major general;

Cell officer level 4: Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major;

lieutenant 4: Captain, Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant;

Sergeant level 3: Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal;

Sergeant level 2: Private and Private.

The military rank rank of our army in 1955 belongs to the "Oriental" military rank system represented by the Soviet Union. In actual implementation, there are two changes: one is that the rank of Grand Marshal was not awarded due to Mao Zedong's own opinion; the other is that in order to arrange more than 100,000 deputy rank cadres, the rank of Warrant Officer was temporarily established.

Chairman Mao Zedong's order to award the rank of marshals including Zhu De.

On September 27, 1955, the rank and award ceremony of the marshal of Zhongnanhai and generals.

When the rank was awarded in 1955, more than 600,000 cadres in the entire army won the rank of warrant officer or above. Among them, there were 10 marshals, 10 generals, 55 generals, 175 lieutenant generals, 800 major generals, more than 32,000 school officials, more than 498,000 lieutenants, and more than 113,000 warrant officers.

Since October 1, 1955, the Chinese People's Liberation Army has begun to wear military rank eaves, military branches and service symbols, and dress according to the new clothing standard.

1955 greatly boosted morale and effectively promoted the regularization and modernization of the army. However, in the early 1960s, due to the limitations of the times, many people at that time had prejudice against the military rank system and believed that the military rank system was not in line with the reality of our army. In addition to the imperfection of the military rank system itself, the call for abolishing the military rank system is getting higher and higher.On June 1, 1965, our army abolished the military rank system that had been implemented for nearly 10 years.

988

Our army implemented a new military rank system

0000 rank system after the cancellation of the military rank system, after a long period of time, people gradually realized the necessity of implementing the military rank system. Since the early 1980s, our army has finally developed a unified understanding of the military rank system. On March 12, 1980, the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission clearly stated that the military rank system should be restored. In early 1982, the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission formally made the decision to "restore the military rank system." After several years of preparation, in September 1988, our army officially implemented a new military rank system.

New military ranks are 6th grade level 18:

General: First-class general, general, lieutenant general, major general;

sergeant: colonel, colonel, lieutenant, major;

sergeant: captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant;

sergeant: chief sergeant, professional sergeant;

sergeant: sergeant, sergeant, corporal;

sergeant: sergeant, sergeant;

sergeant: sergeant,

1988 officer hard epaulette.

The new military rank system implemented by our army is not a simple restoration of the military rank system from 1955 to 1965. Unlike the last military rank system, there is no marshal, general, or captain, and the highest rank is a first-class general, and the rank of a non-commissioned officer is added. The new military rank system does not belong to the "Oriental" rank, nor is it from the "Western" rank represented by Britain and the United States. The rank setting reflects the characteristics of our army in our country.

On September 14, 1988, the Central Military Commission grandly held a ceremony to award the rank of generals in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai.

As of the end of 1988, more than 587,000 officers at all levels and more than 147,000 civilian cadres were awarded. Among them, there were 17 generals, 146 lieutenant generals, 1279 major generals; more than 178,000 school officials; and 408,200 lieutenants.

1988 rank order

1988 After our army implemented the new military rank system, some modifications and adjustments to the military rank regulations were made in accordance with practice.

1994 made partial modifications to the rank of officers: First, the rank of first-level general was cancelled. Second, the military ranks of division and above were improved, and the original three ranks of one position were changed to one position and two ranks, and the lowest level rank was cancelled.

1999 and 2009, in accordance with the changes in my country's military service system and the needs of military construction, our army revised the Regulations on Soldiers' rank twice to adapt to the situation where the service period of our army's conscripts was shortened and the number of non-commissioned officers increased. The current ranks of soldiers are:

Volunteer military service soldiers: first-class sergeant commander, second-class sergeant commander, third-class sergeant commander, fourth-class sergeant commander, sergeant, corporal;

compulsory military service soldiers: top corporal, private.

Since 1988, the new military rank system of our army has been implemented for more than 30 years. As people's understanding of military ranks continues to deepen and the conditions are further mature, the basic functions of military ranks will be strengthened, the rank rank, award and promotion will be adjusted and improved, and the rank rank system will be fully promoted to the rank leading officer rank system, fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of soldiers, thereby injecting new vitality and vitality into the military construction in the new era.