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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
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Formed2016
TypeAdministrative agency
JurisdictionPeople's Liberation Army
HeadquartersMinistry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building"), Beijing
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Parent departmentCentral Military Commission
Websitechinamil.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
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The Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission is the chief organ under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China for coordinating the People's Liberation Army's relationships with foreign militaries. 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.

History

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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 an "one institution with two names" with the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of National Defense..[1]

Organization

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

Functional Departments

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Directly Subordinate Units

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External Units

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List of leaders

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Directors

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English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
Guan Youfei 关友飞 January 2016 2017 [1]
Hu Changming 胡昌明 2017 December 2018 [1]
Ci Guowei 慈国巍 December 2018 Incumbent [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 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.
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