VOA Mandarin: China revises PLA regulations prioritizing war readiness

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for photos with military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army garrison stationed in the Macao Special Administrative Region in southern China, Dec. 20, 2024. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Three revised regulations that dictate everything from the Chinese military’s broad mandate to soldiers’ day-to-day life are slated to take effect on April 1. The revisions have placed an emphasis on the PLA’s combat readiness and wartime conduct, the latter of which appears 49 times. Analysts say the revised regulations show the priority of the PLA’s future reform and its challenges.