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PLA on course to cut 200,000 personnel
By Guo Nei (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-15 06:02
Zang urged all military units to strictly abide by the restructuring plan as
it was an important decision made by the Central Military Commission to optimize
its military structure.
"Only when the new organizational system is well-implemented can we complete
the task of reducing 200,000 military staff by the end of this year," Zang said.
He said that the headquarters had inspected several military commands and
found some problems.
For example, in some cases the number of staff and vehicles were much more
than allowed under the new system, and Zang urged them to make changes as
required.
According to a white paper on China's national defence, released by the
Information Office of the State Council late last year, the cuts will mainly
affect officers and those from non-combatant institutions.
Since New China was established in 1949, the PLA has reduced in size nine
times, with the total number of troops cut from 6.27 million in 1951 to 2.5
million in 2003.
According to the white paper, the PLA will optimize its
structure by streamlining land forces and strengthening the development of navy,
air and missile forces.
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