Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission

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Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission
中央军委国际军事合作办公室
China Emblem PLA.svg
Agency overview
Formed2016
Type Administrative agency
Jurisdiction People's Liberation Army
Headquarters Ministry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building"), Beijing
Agency executive
Parent department Central Military Commission
Website chinamil.com.cn
Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission
Simplified Chinese 中央军委国际军事合作办公室
Traditional Chinese 中央軍委會國際軍事合作辦公室
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Jūnwěi Guójì Jūnshì Hézuò Bàngōngshì

The Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission is a functional department under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China of corps grade, charged with coordinating the People's Liberation Army's relationships with foreign militaries. [1] It grew out of the PLA's Foreign Affairs Office, founded in 1951. It was founded on January 11, 2016, under Xi Jinping's military reforms. Its current director is Ci Guowei.

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History

The External Liaison Office of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission was founded in 1951. After the Ministry of National Defense was founded in 1954, the PLA used the External Liaison Office as a base to establish the Foreign Affairs Office (FAO), under the dual authority of the Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff Department and the General Office of the Ministry of National Defense (MND); in 1959, it was placed solely under the Ministry's General Office. In January 1964, the FAO was expanded to become the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the General Office of the MND. It created its own General Office, as well as three divisions; a military attaché division, a military assistance division, and a research division. [1]

In 1965, the bureau became subordinate to the General Staff Department and underwent unknown reorganizational changes. In December 1998, the bureau's name was changed to the Foreign Affairs Office; it was also promoted to become a corps-level organization. The PLA went through significant organizational restructuring on 11 January 2016; and the Office was renamed to the Office for International Military Cooperation and became the 13th ranking department of the Central Military Commission. [1] [2] It is also believed to be "one institution with two names" with the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of National Defense. [1]

Organization

After the 2015 reforms, the Office of International Military Cooperation is organized as below:

Functional Departments

Directly Subordinate Units

External Units

List of leaders

Directors

English nameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Guan Youfei 关友飞January 20162017 [1]
Hu Changming 胡昌明2017December 2018 [1]
Ci Guowei 慈国巍December 2018Incumbent [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sbragia, Chad; Allen, Kenneth W. (November 18, 2022). "Managing the PLA's Military Diplomacy: Key Institutions and Personnel". Jamestown Foundation . Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Xi urges reorganized military organs to focus on winning wars". Xinhua News Agency . Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  3. ↑ 卢婷婷. "首都机场地服公司医疗物资包机高效保障连获多方称赞". 中国民航网新闻 (in Simplified Chinese). 北京. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  4. ↑ "刘芳:全方位的国际军事合作新格局已逐渐建立". 中国网. 2017-10-22. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22.
  5. ↑ "十九大代表刘芳：青春为军事外交绽放". 军报记者. 2017-10-09. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02.
  6. ↑ "张仕波校长出席第12期拉美高级军官研讨班结业典礼". 中国人民解放军国防大学国际防务学院. 2016-05-25. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10.
  7. ↑ "强化"四个意识" 扎实务实工作". 人民网. 2017-01-27. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20.


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