Chinese Armed forces

China
Population
1,411,750,000
Military budget
408 billion $
Active personnel
2,035,000
Nuclear weapons
260 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Beijing
Area: 9,596,961 km2
Population: 1,411,750,000
Etnic groups: Han Chinese 91.6%, Zhuang 1.3%, other 7.1%
Religions: Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < .1%, Jewish < .1%, other 0.7% unaffiliated 52.2%

Military branches

(People's Liberation Army - 中国人民解放军 ) Ground Forces, Navy (PLAN; includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun, PLAAF; includes Airborne Forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (Renmin Wuzhuang Jingcha Budui, PAP); PLA Reserve Force.

Military service

18-24 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with a 2-year service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs; a recent military decision allows women in combat roles.

Military expenditures

Military budget
408 billion $
Percent of GDP
1.7

Manpower

Active personnel
2,035,000
Reserve
2,000,000
Available
385,821,101

Land Forces

Tanks
6,100
AFV
15,880
Artillery
6,890
Self-propelled guns
3,390
Rocket artillery
3,000
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
- Type 88 300
- Type 79 200
- Type 15 1000

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- ZSD-89-II (type 89) 1750
- ZBD-05 1800
- ZTD-05 (Type 05) 250
- ZSL-10 (Type 08) 900
- ZSD-05 (Type 05) 750
- Type 63 (ZSD-63) 200
- ZTL-11 950
- PTL-02 250
- PTZ-89 230

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- PLZ-89 400
- PCL-181 630
- PCL-161 120
- PCL-171 120
- PLZ-07A/B 450
- PLL-09 600
- PCL-09 300
- PLZ-82/83 150
- W90 203 mm 300

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- SY400 -
- SY300 -
- WS-1 -
- WS-2 -
- WS-3 -
- WM-40 MRL -
- PHL-16 50
- PHZ-11 120
- PHL-11 350

Air Forces

Total aircraft
5,225
Fighters
837
Multirole
1,498
Attack
254
Helicopters
1,223
UCAV (combat drone)
160
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Shenyang J-8 122
- Shenyang J-35 -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Shenyang J-16 280
- Shenyang J-15D 2
- Shenyang J-15 60

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Changhe Z-11 53
- Eurocopter EC120 Colibri 15
- Changhe Z-8/Changhe Z-18 212
- Harbin Z-20 150
- Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon 8
- Eurocopter AS565 Panther 7
- Kamov Ka-28 9
- Kamov Ka-31 9

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- GJ-11 -
- CASC Rainbow -
- Guizhou Soar Dragon 20

Navy

Total naval
762
Aircraftcarriers
6
Destroyers
50
Frigates
47
Corvettes
72
Submarines
72
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- Type 075 landing helicopter dock 3
- Type 003 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- Type 051C Luzhou class 2
- Type 052B Luyang I class 2
- Type 051B Luhai class 1
- Type 052 Luhu class 2
- Type 055 Renhai class 8

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Type 054 Jiangkai I class 2
- Jianghu class 3

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Type 093 / 093A Shang class 6
- Type 039/039G/039G1 Song class 13
- Project 636M (Kilo class) 10
- Type 035 Ming class 14
- Type 032 Qing class 1

Nuclear weapons

The last of five nuclear-weapon states under the NPT, which at this moment possesses approximately 280 nuclear warheads in total. Nevertheless, the number of deployed bombs is unknown. The first test that occurred to be successful occurred in 1964. The main goal of Chinese was to build a deterrent against two major nuclear powers, namely The United States as well as The Soviet Union. The nation decided to choose dried lake for the nuclear site, Lop Nur. Although China developed and tested its first atomic device only in 1964, they managed to test their first hydrogen bomb only 32 months later. As a result, they can boast with the shortest period between developing fission and fusion technology.

China managed to conduct 45 tests of nuclear weapons. Still, the data regarding the stockpile of accumulated warheads is uncertain. The same thing concerns the number of deployed warheads. It is all due to the limited information that the country provides. We should also bear in mind that they are the only country out of five nuclear-weapon states under the NPT that does not give a positive security assurance.