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The Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (JSDCMC) () is the command organ and the headquarters for the
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...
(PLA), superseding the former PLA General Staff Department (GSD). It was established on 11 January 2016, under the
military reforms A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
of Central Military Commission (CMC)
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Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...
. Headquartered in Beijing, the Joint Staff Department (JSD) is under the absolute leadership of the CMC and likely serves as an institutional link between members of the CMC and post-2016 PLA theater commands. According to the JSD, its main duties include carrying out combat support planning and combat command support, studying and formulating military strategy and requirements, organizing combat capability assessment, arranging and instructing joint training; and combat readiness and routine war preparedness work.


Organization

Prior to the 2016 transition, the General Staff Department comprised the following bureaus: * Combat Operations Command * Combat Communications * Intelligence * Mobilization * Electronic Warfare * Foreign Relations * Management Within the present Joint Staff Department are the following bureaus: * General Office (办公厅) * Guard Bureau (警卫局) * Political Work Bureau (政治工作局) * Operations Bureau (作战局) * Strategic Campaign Training Bureau (战略战役训练局) * Intelligence Bureau (情报局) * Navigation Bureau (导航局) * Information and Communications Bureau (信息通信局) * Battlefield Environmental Protection Bureau (战场环境保障局) * Military Requirements Bureau (军事需求局) The Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department, formerly the 2nd Bureau or '2PLA' under the GSD, is the most well-known bureau subordinate to the JSD for its role in
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List of Chiefs

Since August 2017, the Chief of Joint Staff Department is General Li Zuocheng. The current deputy chiefs are Lieutenant General Ma Yiming, and Major General Shao Yuanming. Prior to the 2016 rename, department heads were referred to as Chief of the General Staff Department. , - style="text-align:center;" , colspan=7, ''Vacant''
1971–75 , - , - style="text-align:center;" , colspan=7, ''General Staff Department is renamed to Joint Staff Department'' , -


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Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission Intelligence Bureau The Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission () is one of the People's Republic of China's primary intelligence organizations and the principal military intelligence organ of the People's Liberation Arm ...
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Central Military Commission (China) The Central Military Commission (CMC) is the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China. It operates within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under the name "Central Military Commission of the Communist Party ...
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