The current officer ranks of our army are divided into three levels and ten levels as follows:

1. General: general, lieutenant general, major general;

2. Colonel: colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major;

3. Lieutenant: captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant.

(Compiled by Tsukatsuka Sono)

Officer ranks are distinguished according to the following provisions:

1. Military, political, and logistics officers:

General, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant.

Navy and Air Force officers are preceded by "Navy" and "Air Force" respectively.

2. Professional and technical officers:

Lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant.

The title "Professional Technology" is used before the military rank.

(Compiled by Tsukatsuka Sono)

The Chairman of the Central Military Commission does not confer military ranks

The position and military rank of the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (one of the Vice Chairman concurrently serves as the Minister of National Defense) is General.

Members of the Central Military Commission (including the Chief of General Staff, Director of the General Political Department, General Logistics, Director of General Assembly, Commander of the Navy, Air Force, and Second Artillery) have the rank of general.

(Compiled by Tsukatsuka Sono)

Political and logistical officers shall implement the following job levels and military ranks:

Chief of General Staff, Director of the General Political Department (General)

Zhengda Military Region positions (general, lieutenant general) (including deputy chief of the General Staff, deputy director of general political affairs, general logistics, director of general assembly, political commissar, commanders and political commissars of the seven military regions, navy, air force, second artillery and armed police forces, and president of the National Defense University,

Political Commissar, President of the Academy of Military Sciences, Political Commissar, Director of the Central Security Bureau)

Deputy military region positions (lieutenant general, major general) (including the above-mentioned deputy positions, director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, air force commanders of all military regions, commanders of all fleets, political commissar, president of the National University of Defense Technology, political commissar, commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military Region, political commissar)

Full military positions (major general, lieutenant general) (including the above-mentioned deputy positions, heads of secondary departments of each of the four headquarters, major military academies, commanders and political commissars of all group armies, provincial military regions, commanders and political commissars of the Hong Kong garrison, and armed police and various police bureaus,

Headquarters, Armed Police Beijing Corps)

Deputy military positions (major general, senior colonel) (including the above-mentioned deputy positions, commander of the troops stationed in Australia, political commissar, major armed police schools, and armed police corps)

Regular teacher position (senior colonel, major general)

Deputy Division (Brigade) (Colonel, Senior Colonel)

Regimental officer (deputy brigade officer) (colonel, lieutenant colonel)

Deputy regimental rank (lieutenant colonel, major)

Regular rank (major, lieutenant colonel)

Deputy battalion position (captain, major)

Full company rank (captain, lieutenant)

Deputy company rank (lieutenant, captain)

Ranking (second lieutenant, lieutenant)

(Compiled by Tsukatsuka Sono)

Professional and technical officers shall implement the following job levels and military ranks:

Senior professional and technical positions: Lieutenant General to Colonel;

Intermediate professional and technical positions: colonel to captain;

Junior professional and technical positions: Lieutenant Colonel to Lieutenant.

(Compiled by Tsukatsuka Sono)

General: Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, member, Chief of General Staff and Director of the General Political Department; the main military rank of the Zhengda Military Region; the auxiliary military rank of the Deputy Military Region

Lieutenant General: the main military rank of the deputy military region; the auxiliary military rank of the chief military region

Major general: a principal military position and the main military rank of a deputy military position; a deputy military region position and an auxiliary military rank of a division chief.

Colonel: the main military rank of a principal; deputy military position, the auxiliary military rank of a deputy division

Colonel: deputy divisional rank, main military rank of regimental rank

Lieutenant colonel: the main military rank of deputy regimental position; the auxiliary military rank of main regimental position and main battalion position

Major: the main military rank of the main battalion position; the deputy regimental position and the auxiliary military rank of the deputy battalion position.

Captain: deputy battalion position, main military rank of a company; auxiliary military rank of deputy company

Lieutenant: the main military rank of deputy company; the auxiliary rank of full company, platoon position
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