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Political Work
The political work of the PLA is the ideological and
organizational work of the CPC in the armed forces. It is the fundamental
guarantee for the absolute leadership of the Party over the armed forces, and
the assurance on maintaining and improving combat effective
ness of the troops.
It is the lifeline of the PLA.
The PLA's political work implements the aim of serving
the people wholeheartedly; guarantees the Party's absolute leadership over the
armed forces; adheres to the principle of seeking unity between officers and men
and between the military and the people, and demoralizing and disintegrating the
enemy, with ideological-political education as the central link; operates a
system featuring political democracy, economic democracy and military democracy;
and enforces the Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for
Attention. The PLA's political work implements the Party committee (Party
branch) system, political leader system and political organ system. The Party
committee (Party branch) system stipulates that a Party committee shall be set
up in a unit at or above the regiment level, a grass-roots Party committee in a
unit at the battalion or corresponding level, and a Party branch in a unit at
the company or corresponding level. Party committees (Party branches) at various
levels are the core of the centralized leadership and unity of the unit
concerned. The system of leading cadres assuming separate responsibilities under
the unified collective leadership of the Party committee (Party branch) is the
fundamental system for Party leadership over the armed forces. The political
leader system stipulates that a political commissar shall be appointed to a unit
at or above the regiment level, a political director to a battalion, and a
political instructor to a company. The political commissar, political director
and political instructor, together with the chief military officers at the same
level, are the chief leaders of their units, assuming joint responsibility for
all work in their units under the leadership of the Party committees (Party
branches) at the same level. The political commissar, political director and
political instructor are organizers of the day-to-day work of the Party
committees (Party branches) and leaders of political work. The political organ
system stipulates that a political department (section) shall be set up in a
unit at or above the regiment level, and a general political department for the
PLA; and that the political organs are the leading body of the political work in
a unit, responsible for administering Party work and organizing the
implementation of the political work.
The political work of the PLA persists in advancing
with the times, breaking new ground and making innovations, keeping pace with
profound changes in the international situation and the military field, adapting
itself to the rapid development of the socialist market economy, striving to
provide strong spiritual motivation for winning future high-tech wars, and
furnishing a reliable political guarantee for maintaining the nature, character
and work style of the people's army. In recent years, the CPC Central Committee
has promulgated the new Regulations on the Political Work of the PLA, the CMC
has promulgated the Outline for Armed Forces Construction at the Grass-Roots
Level, and the General Political Department has released Decisions on Some
Issues Concerning the PLA Ideological-Political Work Under the Conditions of the
Reform and Opening-up and the Development of a Socialist Market Economy and
Opinions on Strengthening and Improving Ideological-Political Education of the
Army in the New Situation. The PLA has actively studied and implemented the
important thought of the "Three Represents," organized the rank and file to
study the Constitution and other state laws, the Party's basic theories, and
scientific and cultural knowledge, and conducted education in patriotism,
collectivism and revolutionary heroism by establishing military history museums
in units at and above the regiment level, and honor exhibition in companies. The
PLA has issued an ethical code for servicemen, organized the composition of
moral songs, set up a PLA-wide publicity, cultural and information network,
improved cultural facilities in barracks, set up cultural clubs in companies,
and established cultural centers in units at and above the regiment level. The
PLA has carried out psychological education and legal consultation, and has
established psychological education and legal consultation mechanisms that rely
mainly on brigade or regiment political organs and grass-roots political
officers and integrate the political work system with the related specialty
system.
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