The Academy of Military Sciences () is the highest-level

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

of the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

(PLA). It is headquartered in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. The academy was founded in March 1958 and as of 2002, its staff included approximately 500 researchers, making it the largest research institution in the PLA. Its president is

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Yang Xuejun Yang Xuejun (; born April 1963) is a Chinese educator and computer scientist currently serving as President of the PLA Academy of Military Science. Previously he served as President of the National University of Defense Technology. He was promote ...

(since June 2017) while Lt. General

Fang Xiang Fang Xiang (; born October 1957) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Fang was born in Chun'an County, Zhejiang, in O ...

is the political commissar.

Functions

The AMS researches issues related to “national defence, armed forces development, and military operations.” It works under the direction of the Central Military Commission and its Joint staff Department. More broadly, it coordinates research conducted by the various PLA institutions. According to

Bates Gill Bates Gill (, ) is an expert on Chinese foreign policy and a former Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Gill has a long record of research and publication on both international and regional security issues. ...

and James Mulvenon, "AMS researchers write reports for the military leadership, ghost-write speeches for top military leaders, and serve on temporary and permanent leading small groups as drafters of important documents like the Defence White Paper. The AMS also conducts analysis on foreign militaries, strategy, and doctrine, and has consistently taken the lead role in the study of the future of warfare." In 2022, the AML reported that a team of military scientists inserted a gene from the

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into human embryonic stem cells in an experiment with the stated possibility of creating soldiers resistant to acute radiation syndrome who could survive

nuclear fallout Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioac ...

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* {{Authority control Military academies of China People's Liberation Army Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in China Universities and colleges in Beijing Military research of China