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China Reserve Service System
The 1984 Military Service Law stipulated the combination of the
militia and the reserve service system. Military training for
senior middle-school and college and university students commenced
in 1984 as China sought to provide additional qualified reserveservice officers. The reserve force consisted primarily of the
militia and was organized into reserve-service divisions and
regiments. In 1987 China began to make reference to the National
Defense Reserve Force, which apparently consisted of reserve
soldiers (including all militia, demobilized soldiers, and
specialized technical personnel registered for reserve service) and
reserve officers (including demobilized officers and soldiers
assigned to reserve officer service, college and university
graduates, and civilian cadres and specialized technicians.
Data as of July 1987
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