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China Operational Control
In 1987 operational control of the PLA ran from the two Central
Military Commissions to the PLA's three general departments:
General Staff Department, General Political Department, and General
Logistics Department. Below the department level ran parallel
chains of command for operational, political, and logistical
matters, each with its own separate communications facilities.
Military policy originated in the party Political Bureau or the
party Central Military Commission, became an operational order at
the General Staff Department level, flowed through the military
regions, and arrived at a main-force unit. Orders to regional
forces also passed through the military district (provincial)
level.
Data as of July 1987
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