China's army initiates civilian personnel recruitment

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army branch initiated its national recruitment of civilian personnel late February, marking the first recruitment after the PLA Army general command was formed, the PLA Daily reported on Wednesday

At present, more than 300 candidates have been selected through written tests and interviews and are waiting for further examinations.

Among the 800 interviewed participants, 45 percent had a graduate degree or above and 32 percent graduated from key national universities and colleges.

According to the recruitment authority, the Army has taken advantage of information technology to ensure an open and fair exam. For example, a computer program designed to choose interviewers and assign questions from databases at random has been used in interviews.

China has embarked on a path to build a strong, modern army. In late 2015, the country formed the general command for the Army of the PLA as an effort to deepen its military reform. Endi