Ministero della difesa nazionale della Repubblica popolare cinese

ThesynonymfortheMinistryofNationalDefense(MinistryofNationalDefenseofthePeople’sRepublicofChina)generallyreferstotheMinistryofNationalDefenseofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.TheStateCouncilestablishestheMinistryofNationalDefense,andallmilitarytasksthatneedtobebornebythegovernmentwillbeimplementedthroughtheMinistryofNationalDefenseorinthenameoftheMinistryofNationalDefenseaftertheStateCouncilmakescorrespondingdecisions.WhileacceptingtheleadershipoftheStateCouncil,theMinistryofNationalDefensealsoacceptstheleadershipoftheCentralMilitaryCommission.

TheMinistryofNationalDefenseofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisthemilitaryworkdepartmentoftheStateCouncil.Itsbasicfunctionsare:unifiedmanagementoftheconstructionofthenationalarmedforces,suchastherecruitment,establishment,equipment,training,militaryscientificresearch,militaryranks,andsalariesofthepeople'sarmedforces.Therefore,theMinistryofNationalDefensedoesnothaveactualmilitarycommand.

TheMinistryofNationalDefenseisthemilitarydepartmentoftheStateCouncilofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.AfterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,theMinistryofNationalDefensewasestablishedinSeptember1954.ItissubordinatetotheStateCouncilandismainlyresponsibleforthespecificworkofnationaldefenseconstruction.

LeadersoftheMilitaryCommission

ChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:XiJinping

Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China

ViceChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:XuQiliang,ZhangYouxia

MembersoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina:WeiFenghe,LiZuocheng,MiaoHua,ZhangShengmin

ChairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:XiJinping

Vice-chairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:XuQiliang,ZhangYouxia

MembersoftheCentralMilitaryCommissionoftheCommunistPartyofChina:WeiFenghe,LiZuocheng,MiaoHua,ZhangShengmin

Currentleaders

MinisterofDefense:WeiFenghe

SuccessiveappointmentsMinisters

PengDehuai,LinBiao,YeJianying,XuXiangqian,GengBiao,ZhangAiping,QinJiwei,ChiHaotian,CaoGangchuan,LiangGuanglie,ChangWanquan,WeiFenghe,whosuccessivelyservedasministersoftheMinistryofNationalDefense.