PLA begins recruiting graduates for officer roles
The Chinese Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported on 14 May that it has begun recruiting university graduates for non-commissioned officer roles for the first time.
Applications will be made online and will take place alongside the recruitment processes of compulsory service personnel beginning from 1 August until 30 September 2020.
Recruitment to the People’s Liberation Army will mainly focus on science and engineering graduates but the MND is also interested in medical technology students and linguists, with priority granted to fresh graduates.
Online applications were opened via the MND website on 15 May.
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