China to establish three new military academies

China will restructure its current military schools and establish three new military academies, China's Ministry of National Defense announced on Thursday. 

To implement the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and supporting adjustments to the structure and deployment of military branches and cultivation of military talent, the Central Military Commission (CMC) has approved the restructuring and establishment of three new military academies, Jiang Bin, the new spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday. 

The three institutions are a People's Liberation Army (PLA) university for branches of the army, a PLA information support force engineering university, and a PLA joint logistics support force engineering university. 

The PLA university for branches of the army will be formed on the basis of the Army Academy of Armored Forces and the PLA Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense with its main campus located in Hefei, Anhui Province.

The PLA information support force engineering university will be established based on the College of Information and Communication of the National University of Defense Technology and the communication institute of the Army Engineering University of PLA, with its main campus located in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

The PLA joint logistic support force engineering university will be formed from the Army Logistics University, the main campus of the Army Military Transportation University with its main campus located in Chongqing.

All three will be recognized as institutions of higher education and will begin admission process toward high school graduates across the country. Information on specific majors, enrollment quotas, and admission processes will be announced in due course in coordination with the annual national recruitment plan, according to Jiang.