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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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Director, GLD, published an article, which established<br />

a 10-year program for <strong>PLA</strong> logistics reform. Key goals<br />

th<strong>at</strong> supported the establishment of joint logistics<br />

included developing a system th<strong>at</strong> could simultaneously<br />

support the needs of army, navy, <strong>and</strong> air force<br />

requirements, st<strong>and</strong>ardizing <strong>PLA</strong> supplies, <strong>and</strong> scientifically<br />

managing military logistic services. 57 Authors<br />

of an internally distributed article assessing Wang<br />

Ke’s str<strong>at</strong>egy divided this effort into three phases: 58<br />

Phase One:<br />

• Elimin<strong>at</strong>e service branch logistics.<br />

• Reform military region logistics departments<br />

to become joint logistics departments <strong>and</strong> subdepartments<br />

subordin<strong>at</strong>e to the GLD.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> GLD will alloc<strong>at</strong>e <strong>and</strong> manage on an equitable<br />

basis logistic support personnel, m<strong>at</strong>erial,<br />

equipment, facilities, <strong>and</strong> other resources to the<br />

MRs <strong>and</strong> service logistics departments.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> GLD will directly supply unified troop<br />

support to the army, navy, air force <strong>and</strong> Second<br />

Artillery Corps.<br />

• After the services are no longer involved in<br />

logistics, a war logistics coordin<strong>at</strong>ion organiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

(战勤协调机构) will be established th<strong>at</strong> will<br />

be responsible for the logistics work of subordin<strong>at</strong>e<br />

units <strong>and</strong> systems.<br />

Phase Two:<br />

• Form a three-tiered logistics system consisting<br />

of the GLD, war zone logistics departments,<br />

<strong>and</strong> regional logistics departments.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> GLD <strong>and</strong> war zone logistics departments<br />

will be <strong>at</strong> the same level of leadership.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> war zone logistics departments <strong>and</strong> the regional<br />

logistics sub-departments will be <strong>at</strong> the<br />

same level of leadership.<br />

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