Wu said the establishment of a training management department will enable the PLA to better organize and coordinate its drills. He noted that the newly formed discipline watchdog will dispatch inspectors to all agencies under the Central Military Commission and all regional military commands.

The reshuffle announced on Monday is the latest step Xi has taken to overhaul the Chinese military, which the president began in September when he announced that China would cut the number of troops by 300,000.

Less than two weeks ago, Xi announced the establishment of the PLA Army Headquarters, the PLA Rocket Force and the PLA Strategic Support Force.

In late November, a plenary session of the Central Military Commission presided over by Xi released an overall plan of this round of military reforms that many experts have described as unprecedented since 1985, when the late leader Deng Xiaoping cut PLA troops by about one million.

Xinhua contributed to this story.