Central Military Commission

The Central Military Commission is the top body directing China’s armed forces. The Chinese Communist Party’s commission exercises command through a parallel state commission, with the same leadership and membership.

Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party: The Chinese Communist Party body that leads the armed forces and sets military policy. Party authority over the armed forces is exercised through this commission.
Nanchang Uprising: An August 1927 uprising by Communist forces against the Nationalist government, commemorated as the founding of the PLA. The uprising marks the military force whose party leadership later developed into the commission.
Zhang Youxia: A senior Chinese military officer who has served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. His vice-chairmanship places him among the commission’s leading military officials.
Civil-military relations in China: The organization of authority and interaction between China’s political leadership and armed forces. Party control through the commission defines China’s distinctive civil–military arrangement.
Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China: The state organ named in China’s constitution as the body leading the country’s armed forces. It gives the party-led command structure a formal state institution.
Chinese Civil War: The prolonged conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist government, ending with Communist victory on the mainland in 1949. Wartime party command shaped the institutions that governed the new state’s armed forces.
He Weidong: A Chinese military officer who has served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. His role illustrates the senior command positions held by uniformed members.
PLA reforms (2015–2016): A major reorganization of the People’s Liberation Army that created joint theater commands and revised its command structure. The commission directed reforms that strengthened joint operations and centralized command.
Chairman of the Central Military Commission: The presiding leader of a Central Military Commission, with authority over its work and military command. The chairman sits at the apex of the commission’s command hierarchy.
People's Republic of China: The sovereign state founded in 1949 under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. The state commission emerged within the political system established in 1949.

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