TheMinistryofNationalDefenseofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisthemilitaryworkdepartmentoftheStateCouncil.Itsbasicfunctionsare:unifiedmanagementoftheconstructionofthenationalarmedforces,suchastherecruitment,establishment,equipment,training,militaryscientificresearch,militaryranks,andsalariesofthepeople'sarmedforces.Therefore,theMinistryofNationalDefensedoesnothaveactualmilitarycommand.
TheMinistryofNationalDefenseisthemilitarydepartmentoftheStateCouncilofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.AfterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,theMinistryofNationalDefensewasestablishedinSeptember1954.ItissubordinatetotheStateCouncilandismainlyresponsibleforthespecificworkofnationaldefenseconstruction.
Vedoucí vojenské komise
ChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:XiJinping
ViceChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:XuQiliang,ZhangYouxia
MembersoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:WeiFenghe,LiZuocheng,MiaoHua,ZhangShengmin
ChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:XiJinping
Vice-chairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:XuQiliang,ZhangYouxia
MembersoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:WeiFenghe,LiZuocheng,MiaoHua,ZhangShengmin
Současní lídři
MinisterofDefense:WeiFenghe
Následná jmenování ministrů
PengDehuai,LinBiao,YeJianying,XuXiangqian,GengBiao,ZhangAiping,QinJiwei,ChiHaotian,CaoGangchuan,LiangGuanglie,ChangWanquan,WeiFenghe,whosuccessivelyservedasministersoftheMinistryofNationalDefense.