Measures cover education, management and supervision of senior cadres and coincide with emphasis on study of Xi Jinping Thought
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenWilliam ZhengPublished: 6:00pm, 28 May 2026China’s top military command has issued ironclad measures to enforce discipline among senior officials of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the latest bid to further tighten controls over the leading ranks’ behaviour.The Central Military Commission (CMC), led by President Xi Jinping, issued the “measures on strengthening the education, management and supervision of senior military cadres” recently, according to state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday.The new rules distilled and applied “the practical experience and institutional achievements” of Xi’s anti-corruption fight in the civilian and military sectors, the report said.Advertisement
The aim is to establish “ironclad rules for strict education, strict management and strict supervision” of senior military cadres.
The measures have come months after Xi’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign gutted the top ranks of the world’s second largest military, trimming the once seven-member CMC to just Xi and its disciplinary chief Zhang Shengmin.
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The areas covered focus on “strictly enforcing discipline to alert minds and guide actions, tightly regulating principal officers so they lead by example and clarifying responsibilities for concrete implementation”, according to the report.
