| Agency Name: | Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission |
| Nativename A: | 中华人民共和国中央军事委员会训练管理部 |
| Seal: | China Emblem PLA.svg |
| Formed: | 11 January 2016 |
| Jurisdiction: | People's Liberation Army |
| Headquarters: | Ministry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building"), Beijing |
| Chief1 Name: | PLAGF Lt Gen Wang Peng (王鹏) |
| Chief1 Position: | Director |
| Agency Type: | Functional department of the Central Military Commission |
| Parent Agency: | Central Military Commission |
The Training Administration Department of the Central Military Commission [1] is a first-level functional department under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, with a Theater Deputy grade, responsible for the management of all military training activities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).[2] It was founded on January 11, 2016, under Xi Jinping's military reforms,[3] and it is based in Beijing
In April 1950, Xiao Ke was ordered to establish the Military Training Department of the Military Commission, which was done in September 1950. The first step of the new unit was to translate the Soviet Army's doctrines and regulations, and to collect military materials from various countries. This work resulted in the first draft of the three major doctrine documents of the People's Liberation Army, piloted in early 1951.
On September 20, 1950, the Military Training Department of the Central People's Government People's Revolutionary Military Commission established the Military Academic Administration Bureau of the Military Training Department. On December 29, 1952, the Military Academic Administration was expanded to become the Military School Management Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission. On April 21, 1955, the Military Academy Department of the Central Military Commission was placed under the Chinese People's Liberation Army Training Directorate. On December 11, 1958, the Training Directorate was abolished, and the affiliated military academies and school departments were placed under the establishment of the General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, known as the Military Academy Department of the General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
In January 1950, the Military Publishing Bureau of the Military Training Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government was established. In July 1952, it was placed under the General Staff Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission. On April 21, 1955, the Military Publishing Bureau of the Central Military Commission was changed to the Military Publishing Department of the Training Directorate of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.In April 1955, the Military Training Department was restructured into the Training Directorate Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. On December 11, 1958, the Training Directorate Department was abolished, and the Military Publishing Department was placed under the General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and was renamed the Military Publishing Department of the General Staff Department. On January 18, 1963, the Military Publishing Department was changed into a bureau, called the Publishing Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters, and was affiliated to the Military Training Department of the General Staff Headquarters. In July 1965, the General Political Department reported to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Central Military Commission for approval to establish the PLA's "Warrior Publishing House" based on the Publishing Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters.[4] In December 1966, the Warrior Publishing House was merged with the Publishing Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters, the "A Spark sets the Plains Ablaze" editorial house of the General Political Department, and the editorial department of the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Society. In December 1983, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, it was renamed Chinese People's Liberation Army Press. In September 1992, the China People's Liberation Army Publishing House and the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House merged to form the People's Liberation Army Publishing House. In February 1994, the two publishing houses were restored. In October 2003, the two merged again to form the Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House.[5]
In 2011, with the approval of then Chairman of the Central Military CommissionHu Jintao, the Military Training and Services Department of the General Staff Department was restructured and established as the Military Training Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the PLA. The new unit had four new basic functions:"further strengthening the strategic management of military training, strengthening the macro management of joint training, strengthening the overall guidance of service and service training, and integrating joint army training." plus a new mission providing guidance on military unit construction.[6] [7] In November 2015, in the military reforms, the Military Training Department of the General Staff Department was abolished and reorganized and upgraded into the Training Administration Department of the Central Military Commission.[8]
Following the 2015 reforms, the TAD has the following internal organization: