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People's Liberation Army

principal military force of the People's Republic of China

The People's Liberation Army (or simply PLA) is the armed forces of the Communist Party of China. The army was established (founded) on 1 August 1927. The People's Liberation Army is the largest military force in the world. It has about 2,250,000 personnel or employees (about 0.18% of the population of China) under the Central Military Commission.

People's Liberation Army
  中国人民解放军  
Emblem of the People's Liberation Army
Founded1 August 1927
Service branches PLA Ground Force

PLA Navy

PLA Air Force

Second Artillery Corps
Websitewww.chinamil.com.cn
Leadership
Leaders of Central Military CommissionXi Jinping (Chairman)
Zhang Youxia (Vice-chairman)
He Weidong (Vice-chairman)
Xu Qiliang (Vice-chairman)
Minister of National DefenseGeneral Li Shangfu
Chief of PLA General StaffGeneral Liu Zhenli
Personnel
Military age18–49
ConscriptionNone enforced
Available for
military service		385,821,101 males, age 16–49 (2010 est),
363,789,674 females, age 16–49 (2010 est)
Fit for
military service		318,265,016 males, age 16–49 (2010 est),
300,323,611 females, age 16–49 (2010 est)
Reaching military
age annually		10,406,544 males (2010 est),
9,131,990 females (2010 est)
Active personnelapproximately 2,285,000(about 0.18% of population) [1][2] (ranked 1st)
Reserve personnel800,000[1][2][3]
Deployed personnelOverseas: ~300 anti-pirate personnel in Somalia [1]
Paramilitary: approximately 1,500,000[1][2][4]
Total: 4,585,000~ [1][2] (ranked 6th)
Expenditure
BudgetUS$119 billion (2013)[5] (ranked 2nd)
Percent of GDP1.46% (2012 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers Russia [6]
Annual imports Israel
 Turkey
 United States
 Russia
Annual exports Indonesia
 Cambodia
 Malaysia
 France
 Pakistan
 Bangladesh
 United Kingdom
 Turkmenistan
 Hungary
 Eritrea
 Kyrgyzstan
Related articles
HistoryHistory of the PLA
Modernization of the PLA
RanksArmy
Navy
Air Force

Branches

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The PLA consists of five main branches: the PLA Ground Force, PLA Navy (PLAN), PLA Air Force (PLAAF), Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), and the PLA Reserve Force. In December 2019, an advanced warship (aircraft carrier (辽宁舰)) came into operation.[7] [8] [9]

Activities

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See also: Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War
  • In October 1949, the PLA wanted to take Kinmen but failed.[10] The Battle took place at Guningtou (古寧頭之役).[11]
  • 1955 Vietnam War - "Anti-US invasion into Vietnam, meeting in June 1966" (反对美国侵略越南大会)[15]
This December 2018 video features Wu Qian (吴谦) talking about what the PLA did. One of the activities was "evacuation of overseas Chinese" (也门撤侨).
See also: Political problems of China

Military exercise

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In the sea, since 2012, in cooperation with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32][33] [34] [35] [36]

From 2017 to 2022, the PLA sent many fighter aircrafts to fly near Taiwan.[37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50][51] [52] [53] This was not welcomed by the Taiwanese, who describe these exercises as "CCP planes harass Taiwan" (共機擾台).[54] [55]

In early 2025, a large number of warships were present in the international waters near Australia.[56]

References

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  4. ↑ Chinese People's Armed Police Force (CAPF)
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  11. ↑ Taiwan’s Tanks Managed to Do What Hitler’s Mighty Panzers Failed to Do at Normandy. Feb 26, 2017
  12. ↑ 周丽霞 (2009年12月). 岛屿大作战. 吉林出版集團. p. 198. ISBN 9787999170075. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-04-25. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  25. ↑ Yemen crisis: China evacuates citizens and foreigners from Aden. Apri 3, 2015
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