Academic institutions of the armed forces of China
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The academic institutions of the armed forces of China include the educational institutions of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police (PAP). Throughout the history of the People's Republic of China, there have been many dramatic reforms to the military education system, closing, merging, reducing and reassigning institutions. The 2017 reforms saw another massive change, reduced the number of PLA academic institutions 67 to 37.[1]
These institutions carry out training to all branches and arms of the PLA and PAP, from officer training to logistics, to technology, to NCO training.[2] The changes in the structure of the system have not stopped. In January 2018, the Coast Guard Academy (海警学院) joined the PAP institution system.[3]
The military program in civilian universities (equivalent to ROTC programs) is in flux and it is not clear what shape it will take in the near future, as of 2023.[1]