People's Republic of China (PRC) Military Service Law

Article 19 The term of active service for conscripts shall be two years.

Article 20 Upon the expiration of active service, a conscript may, according to the needs of the army, be changed to a non-commissioned officer on his own initiative and with the approval of a unit at or above the regimental level. According to the needs of the army, non-commissioned officers can be recruited directly from citizens with professional skills in non-military departments.

Non-commissioned officers take active service and implement a graded service system. The term of active service for non-commissioned officers is generally not more than 30 years, and the age is not more than 55 years.

Measures for the graded service of non-commissioned officers and the direct recruitment of non-commissioned officers from non-military departments shall be formulated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC).

Extended data

Since the compulsory military service system was implemented in 1955, the state has made many major revisions to the service life of conscripts.

1955 The first military service law stipulated that the army and public security forces should be three years, the air force, coastal guards, public security forces and naval vessels should be four years, and naval vessels should be five years.

1965 was changed to 4 years in the army, 5 years in the air force and 6 years in the navy by the decision of the Third National People's Congress.

1967 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, the Central Military Commission and the Central Cultural Revolution Group decided to change it to 2 years for the Army, 3 years for the Air Force, the Naval Land Service Force and the Army Special Technology Force, and 4 years for the Naval Ship Force and the Naval Ship Detachment.

1978, the provisions of 1955 were restored according to the decision on military service adopted at the first meeting of the 5th the NPC Standing Committee. Service life: 3 years in the army, 4 years in the air force, navy land service force and army special technical force, and 5 years in the navy ship force and army ship detachment.

1984 promulgated the second military service law, which stipulates that the service life of soldiers is three years in the army and four years in the air force and navy.

199865438+On February 29th, the newly promulgated military service law changed the term of active service for conscripts of the armed forces to two years. The rule of extended service has been cancelled.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC) Military Service Law

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