People's Liberation Army

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armed force military organization

The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, encompassing its land, sea, air, rocket, and strategic support forces.

Aliases (21)

People’s Liberation Army ×14
Chinese Communist forces ×4
Chinese armed forces ×3
People's Liberation Army Ground Force ×3
People's Liberation Army Navy ×3
Chinese Red Army ×2
Chinese military ×2
People's Liberation Army Rocket Force ×2
中国人民解放军 ×2
Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Korea ×1
Chinese People's Volunteers ×1
Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ×1
Chinese military authorities ×1
People's Liberation Army (initially) ×1
People's Liberation Army field forces ×1
People's Liberation Army regular forces ×1
People’s Liberation Army soldiers ×1
People’s Liberation Army units ×1
Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ×1
armed forces of the People's Republic of China ×1
theater commands of the People's Liberation Army ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed force → military organization →
allegiance	Chinese Communist Party → People's Republic of China →
anniversary	Army Day →
anniversaryDate	August 1 →
armedWingOf	Chinese Communist Party →
budget	funded by central government of the People's Republic of China →
chairmanOfCentralMilitaryCommission	Xi Jinping →
conscription	selective conscription system →
controlledBy	Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party → Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China →
country	People's Republic of China →
cyberWarfareCapability	Strategic Support Force →
educationSystem	PLA military academies and universities →
emblem	PLA insignia with red star and Chinese characters "八一" →
engagedIn	Chinese Civil War → Chinese involvement in the Cambodian Civil War → Chinese involvement in the Laotian Civil War → Chinese involvement in the Vietnam War → Korean War → Sino-Indian War → Sino-Soviet border conflict → Sino-Vietnamese War →
formerName	Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army → Eighth Route Army → New Fourth Army →
foundingDate	1927-08-01 →
foundingEvent	Nanchang Uprising →
garrison	Beijing →
hasBranch	People's Armed Police → People's Liberation Army Air Force → People's Liberation Army Ground Force → People's Liberation Army Navy → People's Liberation Army Rocket Force → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force →
hasComponent	militia forces → reserve forces →
headquartersLocation	Beijing →
legalBasis	Constitution of the People's Republic of China →
mainDoctrine	active defense →
mission	safeguarding development interests of China → safeguarding national security → safeguarding national sovereignty →
modernizationProgram	mechanization and informatization of forces →
motto	为人民服务 →
mottoTranslation	Serve the People →
nativeName	中国人民解放军 →
nuclearForce	maintains China's land-based nuclear missile forces through the Rocket Force →
participatesIn	United Nations peacekeeping operations →
partOf	People's Republic of China →
politicalWorkSystem	PLA political commissar system →
primaryLanguage	Standard Chinese →
role	national defense of China → protection of Chinese maritime rights → protection of Chinese sovereignty → protection of Chinese territorial integrity → support of Chinese Communist Party rule →
serviceType	combined arms → regular armed forces →
shortName	PLA →
size	one of the world's largest military forces →
spaceWarfareCapability	Strategic Support Force →
supremeCommander	Xi Jinping →
symbol	August 1st insignia →
trainingFocus	informationized warfare → joint operations →

Referenced by (85)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chen Yi ("People’s Liberation Army") → Lin Biao → Liu Bocheng → Peng Dehuai → Song Shilun → Teng Daiyuan → Zhu De →	militaryBranch
Mi-8 ("Chinese military") → Mosin–Nagant rifle → PPSh-41 → SVT-40 → Serve the People → T-34 medium tank ("People’s Liberation Army") →	usedBy
Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group → East China Field Army → Lin Biao → Liu Bocheng →	allegiance
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery → Little Red Book → On Protracted War ("Chinese Red Army") → Serve the People →	associatedWith
Hu Zongnan → Li Zongren ("Chinese Communist forces") → National Revolutionary Army ("Chinese Red Army") → National Revolutionary Army →	foughtAgainst
Chinese Air Force → East China Field Army → People's Armed Police ("Chinese armed forces") → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force →	partOf
CPC → Chinese Communist Party → Chinese Communist Party →	controls
People's Liberation Army ("People's Liberation Army Ground Force") → People's Liberation Army ("People's Liberation Army Navy") → People's Liberation Army ("People's Liberation Army Rocket Force") →	hasBranch
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission ("People's Liberation Army Ground Force") → Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission ("People's Liberation Army Navy") → Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission ("People's Liberation Army Rocket Force") →	hasJurisdictionOver
People's Liberation Army ("中国人民解放军") → People's Liberation Army ("中国人民解放军") → People's Security Army ("Tentara Keamanan Rakyat") →	nativeName
Chinese 71st Army ("Chinese Communist forces") → National Revolutionary Army → Tang Enbo ("Chinese Communist forces") →	opponent
Army Day ("People’s Liberation Army") → Army Day ("Chinese armed forces") →	celebratedBy
Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China → Chairman of the Central Military Commission ("theater commands of the People's Liberation Army") →	hasAuthorityOver
Army Day ("People’s Liberation Army") → Army Day ("Chinese military") →	hasMainSubject
China Expeditionary Army ("Chinese Communist forces") → Republic of China Armed Forces ("People’s Liberation Army") →	opposedBy
People’s Liberation Army Publishing House ("People’s Liberation Army") →	affiliation
Nanchang Uprising ("People’s Liberation Army") →	battleHonourOf
Sino–Soviet border conflict →	belligerent
Zhu De →	coFounded
Sino-Vietnamese War →	combatant1
Peng Dehuai ("Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Korea") →	commanded
National Revolutionary Army →	followedBy
People's Liberation Army ("Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army") →	formerName
People's Liberation Army ("People's Liberation Army Ground Force") →	hasPart
War of Liberation →	hasParticipant
Xinjiang →	hasSecurityPresence
Chairman of the Central Military Commission →	jurisdiction
Cultural Revolution →	keyOrganization
East China Field Army ("People's Liberation Army regular forces") →	laterIntegratedInto
People's Liberation Army ("armed forces of the People's Republic of China") →	legalStatus
Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units →	logisticalSupportFrom
Taiwan Strait ("People's Liberation Army Navy") →	monitoredBy
National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims ("People’s Liberation Army units") →	observedBy
Five-star red flag ("Chinese armed forces") →	officiallyUsedBy
People’s Liberation Army Publishing House ("People’s Liberation Army") →	operatedBy
National Day military parades ("People’s Liberation Army") →	organizedBy
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal ("Chinese military authorities") →	oversightBy
People’s Liberation Army Publishing House ("People’s Liberation Army") →	ownedBy
Chinese Communist Party →	paramilitaryWing
Central Army of the Kuomintang ("People’s Liberation Army") →	primaryOpponents
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung ("People’s Liberation Army") →	promotedBy
Army Day ("People’s Liberation Army") →	relatedTo
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ("People's Liberation Army field forces") →	reorganizedAs
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung ("People’s Liberation Army soldiers") →	requiredReadingFor
National Day military parades ("People’s Liberation Army") →	securityProvidedBy
Korean Armistice Agreement ("Chinese People's Volunteers") →	signatory
Chinese Communist Party forces →	successor
Red Guards ("People's Liberation Army (initially)") →	supportedBy