The Leading Group for National Defence and Military Reform of the Central Military Commission () is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the Central Military Commission and ultimately answerable to the

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is currently composed of 205 fu ...

for the purpose of formulating policies related to military reform. The group is headed by

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount lead ...

and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The decision to introduce wide-ranging military reforms was discussed in the communique of the 3rd Plenum of the 18th Central Committee in 2013. The Leading Group held its first meeting on March 15, 2014.

Membership

; Leader :

( General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Military Commission) ; Executive Deputy Leader : Air Force General

Xu Qiliang Xu Qiliang (; born March 1950) is an air force general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as a Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of ...

(Politburo member,

Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission The vice chairman of the Central Military Commission serves as the deputy to the CMC Chairman. Currently, two generals of the People's Liberation Army are serving as vice chairmen and they are He Weidong and Zhang Youxia. Party commissions ...

) ; Deputy Leader : General Zhang Youxia (Politburo member, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission)

References

Central Military Commission (China) Leading groups of the Chinese Communist Party 2014 establishments in China {{China-mil-stub

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