The CPC's Absolute Leadership over the People's Armed Forces

Ensuring the Party's absolute leadership over the military means ensuring that the military always remains absolutely loyal to the Party, and is completely and unconditionally placed under the Party's leadership. The Party's leadership over the military is a fundamental characteristic of Chinese socialism. It represents one of the greatest strengths of the Party and the nation, and underpins an effort to build a strong military.  

The people's armed forces were created by the Party. Ever since its founding, it has been under the Party's leadership. The principle of the Party's leadership over the military originated from the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, developed during the Sanwan Reorganization of the same year, and was confirmed at the Gutian Meeting in 1929. 

It has been enriched over the long years and developed into an institutional framework which ensures that the command and control of the armed forces resides with the CPC Central Committee and the CMC - the latter is under the direction of its chairperson. It is implemented through Party committees, political commissars, and specialized political staff in the military. It requires the presence of Party organizations in each military unit at or above the company level to ensure the Party's leadership, which is exercised by Party committees through a collective decision-making process. 

At its 19th National Congress, the CPC reiterated the Party's absolute leadership over the military as fundamental for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. 

堅(jiān)持黨對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)的絕對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)

堅(jiān)持黨對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)的絕對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，就是全軍對(duì)黨要絕對(duì)忠誠(chéng)，軍隊(duì)必須完全地、無(wú)條件地置于中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)之下。堅(jiān)持黨對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)的絕對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)是中國(guó)特色社會(huì)主義的本質(zhì)特征，是黨和國(guó)家的重要政治優(yōu)勢(shì)，是人民軍隊(duì)的建軍之本、強(qiáng)軍之魂。

中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨締造和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的人民軍隊(duì)，從初創(chuàng)時(shí)期就確立了黨指揮槍的原則。黨對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)的絕對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的根本原則和制度，發(fā)端于南昌起義、奠基于三灣改編、定型于古田會(huì)議，經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)期發(fā)展日臻完善，形成了包括堅(jiān)持軍隊(duì)最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)和指揮權(quán)屬于黨中央、中央軍委，中央軍委實(shí)行主席負(fù)責(zé)制，實(shí)行黨委制、政治委員制、政治機(jī)關(guān)制，實(shí)行黨委統(tǒng)一的集體領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下的首長(zhǎng)分工負(fù)責(zé)制，實(shí)行支部建在連上等在內(nèi)的一整套制度體系。中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨第十九次全國(guó)代表大會(huì)把堅(jiān)持黨對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)的絕對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)確定為新時(shí)代堅(jiān)持和發(fā)展中國(guó)特色社會(huì)主義的基本方略。