PLA Central Theater Command Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Tan Min on "Joint Operations" & Post-Reform Military Strategy
Decoding the PLA’s 2019 Wuhan Joint Bio-warfare Drill Model: The Command Chain
Major General Tan Min’s 2018 statements provide the vital structural blueprint for understanding the September-October 2019 readiness exercises in Wuhan. Under the post-reform architecture, any bio-warfare drill or containment event during the 2019 Military World Games operated under a multi-dimensional "Joint Operation" framework: 1. Unified Command (统战统保): Executed by the Unified Operation Command Centre of Central Theater Command under direct authorization from the Central Military Commission (CMC). 2. Logistics & Medical (联保): Central Theater Command section of PLA Joint Logistics Support Force managing military hospitals and CDC units.3. Airspace & Aerosol Control (联战): Air Force and civilian air traffic control coordinating airspace management and potential drone/aerosol simulations.
4. Technical Expertise: Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) virologists (including WIV Wuhan P4 Lab experts like Yang Ruifu) guiding bio-warfare agents protocols.
5. Internal Security & Cyber Suppression: Armed Police (PAP) for physical cordons, combined with Strategic/Information Support Forces monitoring real-time leaks across platforms like Weibo and WeChat.
In this March 2018 interview with CNR Military News, Major General Tan Min—Deputy Chief of Staff of the Central Theater Command (covering Beijing, Hubei/Wuhan, Henan/Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi) and Delegate to the National People's Congress—explains the institutional shift from traditional military regions to the modern theater command system.
Gen. Tan outlines the Four Core Operational Mandates under China’s defense overhaul:
Primary Focus on Theater Combat (主战主责): Transitioning to a dedicated joint operational command structure focused strictly on battlefield readiness, mission execution, and operational accountability.
Joint Warfare & Joint Training (联战联训): Integrating cross-service joint drills to modernize military mindset and align operational concepts with high-tech modern warfare.
Achieving Victory Through Precision Planning (胜战胜算): Translating information dominance into rapid decision-making using systematic, flow-chart-driven operational design and digitized combat checklists.
Unified Command & Resource Integration (统战统保): Leveraging cutting-edge civil-military technology—including IoT (Internet of Things) and nano-sensors—to map defense mobilization potential directly into theater combat plans.
Video Outline / Timestamps:
Introduction & Breaking Away from Legacy Military Region Concepts
Pillar 1: Primary Focus on Theater Combat & Operational Accountability
Pillar 2: Joint Warfare, Joint Training, and Cross-Service Exercises
Pillar 3: Achieving Victory Through Precision Engineering & Data Dominance
Pillar 4: Unified Mobilization & Modern Technology (IoT & Nano-Sensors)
Source: CNR Military News (央广军事) | March 2018 | China's 13th National People's Congress Coverage
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