June 4, 1985 (April 16) Yi Chou, Deng Xiaoping announced that of government disarmament 1,000,000. In In November 1984, on the 35th National Day parade a month after the Central Military Commission held a forum, Deng Xiaoping expressed a amazing determination: disarmament. Deng said: disarmament offending people, I offend it, not contradictory to the new chairman of the Central Military Commission.


1985, the Chinese government officially announced the disarmament 100 million people, was about a quarter of the number of troops, 11 military region was reduced to seven. This task formally completed in 1987, nearly half of the three headquarters offices staffing streamline. (? V history today?? Com) about 330 million of the reduction of the total strength of the People's Liberation Army after.
previous disarmament attrition, little change in the internal structure. This not only is downsizing, is to conduct a reorganization of the military system and especially the Army, a military force toward the synthetic group army special forces troops once more than the number of the first infantry. By streamlining and reorganization, structural reform, the People's Liberation Army, directing towards the institutions capable and flexible, rapid response, has taken a solid step in the goal of fighting strong, combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, continues to accelerate the pace of modernization. It can be said, the disarmament after China's military power has been strengthened.
1997, our military ninth large Disarmament. Central Military Commission decided to disarmament 500,000 people. The Reference 1 September 2003, when he was the Chairman of the Central Military Commission Jiang Zemin announced the year 2005, our army a further reduction of 200,000, which opened the prelude to the tenth disarmament.