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People's Liberation Army
中国人民解放军

Flag the People's Liberation Army
Founded 1927
Service branches PLA Ground Force
PLA Navy
PLA Air Force
Second Artillery Corps
People’s Armed Police
Military age 18-49 (voluntary)
Conscription None
Available for
military service
342,956,265 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.),
324,701,244 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.)
Fit for
military service
281,240,272 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.),
269,025,517 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
13,186,433 males (2005 est.),
12,298,149 females (2005 est.)
Active personnel 2,250,000[1] (ranked 1st)
Reserve personnel 800,000[1]
Deployed personnel Overseas: None[1]
Paramilitary: 3,969,000[1]
Total: 7,024,000[1] (ranked 3rd)
Expenditures
Budget $44.94 billion (2007 est.)
Percent of GDP 1.7 (2007 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC), Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC), Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), Xi'an Aircraft Corporation (XAC), China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), China State Shipbuilding Corporation, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO), China South Industries Group Corporation (CSG), China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), China Nuclear Energy & Construction Group Corporation (CNECC), China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC)
Foreign suppliers Russia, Israel, Germany, France, Ukraine
Annual imports  ?
Annual exports  ?
Related articles
History History of the PLA
Modernization of the PLA
Ranks Army
Navy
Air Force