Why did the China Army formally bid farewell to "Continental Doctrine" on 20 16?

The formation of the army's leading body marks the official farewell of our army to "Continental Doctrine".

Speaking of the military leadership, the media all mentioned the original "Continental" tradition of China's army. At this point, China's army is indeed quite similar to that of the Soviet Union, but China's reason for pursuing "Continental Doctrine" seems to be more sufficient. The "Continental Doctrine" of the Soviet Union mainly stems from its planned warfare forms (mainly large-scale ground warfare, supplemented by integrated air and sea warfare), while the tradition of the China People's Liberation Army not only stems from the fact that all planned operations are mainly ground warfare during the Cold War, but also comes from the sources of the PLA navy and air force.

Different from the Soviet Union, the navy and air force of the China People's Liberation Army almost all came from the army in the early formation process. For example, the current Air 2 Division was first established on the basis of cadres transferred from the East China Military Region, the 208th Infantry Independent Division Command of the North China Military Region and the 624th Infantry Regiment. The Air 3 Division was established on the basis of the headquarters of the 209th Infantry Independent Division of the North China Military Region and its subordinate regimental headquarters. The first naval force in New China, the Navy of East China Military Region, was formed by the army forces such as Sanye Teaching Chief Division and Teaching Third Regiment. This organizational connection enables the People's Liberation Army to continue to perform its military duties with the headquarters of the Central Military Commission. From this perspective, the establishment of the Army's leading body marks that the PLA has stepped onto a new step from the tradition of "putting the army first and then the army", and also marks a landmark node of the PLA's regularization construction.

1949 in may, the former officers and men of the people's liberation army reported to the navy in army uniforms, with the front gate of the former Kuomintang navy in Nanjing as the background.

Of course, it is worth noting that the "leading body" of the army was established this time, not the "command body", because in the new military reform goal, the authority of commanding troops has changed from the traditional four headquarters to the joint command of the military commission and the theater. The leading organs of the army are mainly responsible for the construction of the army. From this point of view, the scope of the reform of the army organs this time far exceeds the "small action" of the Soviet army to set up the army headquarters in history.