How old can I be a soldier?

17 years old can be a soldier. Applicants (male soldiers): young people (including college students) who graduated from high schools (including secondary schools, vocational schools and technical schools) and above, aged 17 to 22 years old; University graduates with college education or above, aged 17 to 24 years old; Young people with junior high school education, aged 18 to 20 years old. The applicants (female soldiers) are fresh graduates from ordinary high schools and ordinary full-time ordinary colleges and universities. According to Article 12 of the Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), male citizens who have reached the age of 18 years before1February 3/every year should be recruited for active service. Those who were not recruited in that year can still be recruited for active service before the age of 22, and the recruitment age of graduates from ordinary colleges and universities can be relaxed to 24. According to the needs of the army, female citizens may be recruited for active service in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

legal ground

Article 11 of the Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the number, requirements and time of annual enlistment for active service in the whole country shall be stipulated by the orders of the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC). The local people's governments at or above the county level shall organize military service organs and relevant departments to set up conscription institutions, which shall be responsible for organizing and implementing conscription work.

Article 12 of the Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Male citizens who have reached the age of 18 years before1February 3/each year shall be recruited for active service. Those who were not recruited in that year can still be recruited for active service before the age of 22, and the recruitment age of graduates from ordinary colleges and universities can be relaxed to 24.

According to the needs of the army, female citizens may be recruited for active service in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

According to the needs of the army and my own initiative, citizens who reached the age of1February 3 1 before 17 18 can be enlisted for active service.