"I have two forces, a combat force of hundreds of thousands of men and a civilian troupe of 500 men." Founding General Liu Yalou, who was once the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, described the weight of the Civilian Corps in his heart in this way. After the news of Song Zuying's appointment as the head of the Haijing Civilian Troupe, people's attention is once again focused on this non-combat unit of the army. As a special "soldier", Song Zuying had previously been placed on the "civilian major general" title, and was later confirmed that there is no such military rank set. So, the head of the Civilian Corps of the Navy, how big an official?

How high is the rank of the Navy Civilian Corps?

1The Navy Civilian Troupe is worth an aircraft carrier battle group.

Although there is a word "regiment" in the name of the Hai Zheng Wen Gong Troupe, it does not mean that the rank of this unit is regimental.2003surname Nian10Liberation Army (PLA) in JanuaryAfter the "200,000 Disarmament", the whole army's literary and artistic groups were also organized on2004(b) Unified integration in 2007. In addition to the literary and artistic groups directly under the General Political Department, other army literary and artistic groups were reorganized into a single unit, which was uniformly known as a literary and artistic troupe. The cultural and art groups of the military branches and the major military regions are established at the level of division. That is to say, the Navy Civilian Troupe is a division-level unit under the Navy's Political Department. This level had been a U.S. think tank on the Chinese Navy carrier battle group establishment level of speculation, can not be said to be high.

2In the army's civilian corps, Haijing is the second largest.

Even so, Hai Zheng is not yet considered a top civilian troupe, and it can only be ranked second in the sequence of civilian troupes in the Chinese army. The Chinese army's cultural troupes are categorized into three levels according to the units to which they belong. The first level is directly under the General Political Department, such as the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe and the General Political Department Drama Troupe. The second level is the cultural troupes affiliated with military units, such as the Air Force Cultural Troupe and the Sea Government Cultural Troupe. At the third level are the troupes attached to the major military regions.

How much of an "official" is Mr. Song Zuying?

1Deputy Head of Mission8In the year, Song returned from the"Full Division" to "Major General".

as early as2005surname Nian8In January, Song Zuying was appointed deputy director of the Hai Zheng Cultural Troupe, enjoying a full division rank.2008In 2007, she was awarded first-class merit by the Navy's Military Commission, while adjusting her professional and technical grade to the third level, when it was claimed in the media that Song had been promoted to"Civilian general with the rank of major general". In fact, the term "civilian general" is a myth.

According to the regulations of the Chinese army, almost all the actors of the civilian troupe are only professional and technical personnel in the civilian cadres of the army, i.e., they retain their military status without military rank, but only with the corresponding levels of military ranks at all levels, with corresponding civilian ranks set. There are two types of ranks set for civilian cadres, one is the civilian rank(Equivalent to military rank)The other is the professional and technical grade or administrative grade, with a total of14grade, according to the different professional and technical or administrative grades, they enjoy the corresponding salary.

In accordance with this criterion, in2008Song, who reached the third level of professional technology in 2007, is only equivalent to the rank of major general at the level of civilian cadres, but has nothing at all to do with a real major general.

2Song Zuying is one level lower than Li Shuangjiang in terms of professional and technical level

As a rule, after this promotion, Song Zuying's professional and technical level may be upgraded by one grade to the second grade. This is by no means an easy progress, in accordance with the PLA for the selection of civilian cadres, adjusted to professional and technical level three or more, to be measured uniformly throughout the army, from the cadres of excellent moral and talent, and to meet the major national awards, won the second class merit awards, and so on many conditions. And after this promotion, compared to the professional and technical level one, enjoying the treatment of lieutenant general level peer predecessor Li Shuangjiang, Song Zuying still have to continue to work hard.

3,Han Hong has the highest rank among the stars specially recruited into the army

Han Hong is different from Li Shuangjiang and Song Zuying, artists who have been growing up in the military. In recent years stars such as Han Hong and Ji Minjia have also enlisted in the military in the form of special enrollment in the Civilian Labor Corps. Among them, Han Hong had the highest position in the military when she was in the2009When he joined the Civilian Troupe of the Political Department of the Air Force in 2007, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Civilian Troupe, and was rated at the fifth professional and technical level, which corresponded to the treatment of the deputy military grade.The

What benefits does a Sea Captain get?

1I'm not as bad as a real general, but I've got a good life and a guard.

2001surname Nian2In January, the fourth headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) raised the treatment of senior specialists. Civilian cadres of technical level 3 or above were already enjoying treatment equivalent to that of a general, and even a little higher in terms of income. This is seen as an important means of retaining talent.2011In 2007, Li Shuangjiang's son Li Tianyi beat up the incident made a lot of noise, in the process of Li Shuangjiang went to visit the injured, he was surrounded by several military officers triggered heated debate, some people accused Li Shuangjiang to bring so many guards to the hospital is a threat to the victim. Li Shuangjiang responded by saying:"It's normal to have a few guards and housekeeping staff at my level." Looking at it now, Li Shuangjiang was telling the truth at that time.

2. Political treatment not comparable to that of senior officers

And in fact, there is still a big difference between civilian cadres and senior officers. Civilian cadres of the professional and technical third level are still completely different from real generals in terms of cars, housing, guards, and political treatment. "The General Staff has a lot of civilians above the third level of technology, and when they come across a meeting, they all go11road (on foot), while some majors and majors went over in small cars."A General Staff insider said.

The PLA Daily has answered readers' letters in a complete explanation of why "civilian generals" is unacceptable: because the rank of officer has a clear hierarchical relationship, facilitating the role of management and command. And professional and technical three or more civilian cadres of clothing labeling, only to show that enjoy the corresponding treatment, does not have the major generals(check or checkmate)Management and command functions of military ranks. (Excerpted from phoenix.com)