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

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level of urgency. <strong>The</strong>re is a high tolerance for<br />

excessive decentralized innov<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> experiment<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />

which inhibits dissemin<strong>at</strong>ion of best<br />

practices in logistics oper<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> corps of professional logisticians appears<br />

to be insufficient to support the size of the Chinese<br />

military <strong>and</strong> its power projection aspir<strong>at</strong>ions;<br />

the best <strong>and</strong> the brightest do not appear<br />

to be going to logistics units.<br />

• St<strong>and</strong>ardiz<strong>at</strong>ion remains a significant problem<br />

in logistics, which can neg<strong>at</strong>ively affect the agility<br />

<strong>and</strong> regener<strong>at</strong>ive capacity of China’s military<br />

logistics system, particularly when faced<br />

with high consumption r<strong>at</strong>es during war, <strong>and</strong><br />

support to expeditionary forces.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> ability for Chinese military logistics to support<br />

military oper<strong>at</strong>ions will depend upon how<br />

well GLD <strong>and</strong> GAD support elements can integr<strong>at</strong>e<br />

missions, such as resupply of ammunition<br />

(GAD function), fuel, food, etc. (GLD function),<br />

services, such as medical support (GLD function)<br />

<strong>and</strong> b<strong>at</strong>tlefield maintenance, including<br />

b<strong>at</strong>tlefield repair, evacu<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> repair, repair<br />

parts supply, etc. (GAD function) to support<br />

oper<strong>at</strong>ional units. Separ<strong>at</strong>ion between GAD<br />

<strong>and</strong> GLD support during wartime may inhibit<br />

the effectiveness of support.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> <strong>PLA</strong> <strong>and</strong> the logistics system are trying<br />

to do many things <strong>at</strong> once, which could overwhelm<br />

human capacity <strong>and</strong> resources, while<br />

undermining the potential r<strong>at</strong>e of logistics<br />

transform<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

• Funding for logistics reform is insufficient.<br />

Overreliance on civil support appears to be<br />

needed to fill budget <strong>and</strong> priority gaps.<br />

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