Deepening National Defense and Military Reform

The Deepening National Defense and Military Reform is a major restructuring of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), launched in 2015 by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012. It flattened the command structure and allowed the CCP to have more control over the military, with the aim of strengthening the combat capability of the PLA. == History == Reform of China's defense and military structure began after Xi Jinping became the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2012.

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