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The Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China is a ministry under the State Council. It is headed by the Minister of National ... ]> MinistryofNationalDefense-Databases-Globaltimes.cn Community Learn Chinese eNewsPaper Mobile     HOME CHINA BIZ OP-ED WORLD LIFE IN-DEPTH SCI-TECH TRAVEL SPORTS ODD METRO StateCouncil>>Ministries: MinistryofNationalDefense 国防部 ChangWanquan MinistryInfomation Functions: TheMinistryofNationalDefense(MND)ofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisaministryundertheStateCouncil.ItisheadedbytheMinisterofNationalDefense.TheMNDwassetupaccordingtoadecisionadoptedbythe1stSessionofthe1stNationalPeople'sCongressin1954.Incontrasttopracticeinothernations,theMNDdoesnotexercisecommandauthorityoverthePLA,whichisinsteadsubordinatetotheCentralMilitaryCommission(CMC).Itsofficialresponsibilitiesaretoexerciseunifiedadministrationoverthedevelopmentofthearmedforcesofthecountrysuchastherecruitment,organization,equipment,trainingandscientificmilitaryresearchofthePeople'sLiberationArmy(PLA)anditsrankingandremunerationoftheofficersandservicemen.However,inrealitytheseresponsibilitiesarecarriedoutbythefourGeneralHeadquartersofthePLA,whichareunderthecontroloftheCMC. 网址：www.mod.gov.cn Website：eng.mod.gov.cn Adress：HaidianDistrict,Beijing,100038 Tel： Email：[email protected];[email protected] Copyright2013byTheGlobalTimes