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

ning, building, and using in a unified way,
warehouses, hospitals, supply stations,
and other logistic service entities for common
use by the three armed services. 14
— The service branch logistics departments
still provided service-specific materials
and logistical support through their organic
support systems. 15 In addition to
unifying supply channels, the JLD system
was made joint with a significant increase
in the number of non-ground force cadres
in the JLD, 16 and the integration of their logistic
support resources (e.g. rear depots,
hospitals, material supply facilities, etc). 17
2002
• PLA Regulation on Armament Maintenance
(July) Promulgated by CMC; drafted by GAD. 18
2003
• First regulations since the founding of China
passed by the CMC Standing Committee governing
national mobilization of civilian means
of transportation “Civilian Transportation National
Defense Mobilization Regulations” (民用
运力国防动员条列) on September 11.
2004
• Hu Jintao issues guidance at an enlarged
CMC meeting on optimizing the distribution
of strategic resources, including concrete requirements
to coordinate resource allocations
and use between priority and ordinary units,
as well as by units stationed in interior areas
and units deployed to coastal areas. Hu Jintao
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