Chinese Central Military Commission Chairman Hu Jintao
has issued an order on implementing the regulation of headquarters
of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Scheduled to take effect from April 1, the regulation is the
fifth of its kind since the PLA was established. It is a basic
regulation on military affairs of the PLA and a fundamental
guideline for work of headquarters at various levels.
The regulation is comprised of 90 articles in 12 chapters with
two appendixes. It adds one chapter on organizing and guiding
emergency management.
For the first time a "scientific view of development" is written
in the regulation as an important guideline of the army.
The PLA has had four revisions of its military commands which
were issued respectively in 1938, 1977, 1983 and 1996.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2006)
