China inaugurates PLA Rocket Force as military reform deepens (2)

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the founding ceremony of the general commands of the Army, Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2015. The general commands of the PLA Army, Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force were founded on Thursday. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C F) confers the military flag to Gao Jin (L F), commander of the Strategic Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and Liu Fulian (R F), political commissar of the Strategic Support Force, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2015. The general commands of the PLA Army, Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force were founded on Thursday. (Xinhua/Li Gang)