Rocket Force Command College

The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force Command College (MOE code 91033) is a Chinese military academy. It is the main academic institution of the Rocket Force. It is a Project 2110 institution, dedicated to training the command staff of the rocket force.

The PLA Rocket Force Command College

中国人民解放军火箭军指挥学院
Type	Public military academy
Established	2017 (2017)
Affiliation	PLA Rocket Force
Director	Maj Gen Lan Jiyin [兰吉银]
Political Commissar	Maj Gen Liu Zhihui [刘志辉]
Academic staff	306
Address	No. 145 27th Avenue, Jiang'an district , Wuhan, Hubei province ,  China
Campus	Urban, 96 hectares (240 acres)
Military grade	Deputy Corps grade

History

In November 1977, the "PLA Second Artillery College" was founded at Wuhan, with a Corps grade.^[1] In May 1979, it was renamed the Second Artillery Academy with Corps grade.^[1] In June 1986, it was renamed to "Second Artillery Command Academy"^[1] In 2016，as part of the military reforms it was renamed the "Rocket Force Command Academy"^[2]。 In 2017，it was officially re-founded as the PLA Rocket Force Command College, and like most military academic institutions in China, it was reduced to Corps deputy grade.^[3]。

Facilities

The campus is roughly 96 hectares (240 acres) (1,437 mu) of land, which include seven main teaching buildings, eight specialized training grounds, 47 laboratory rooms, 36 specialized classrooms, educational tech center, network center and simulation training center. The library has 410,000 volumes.

Organizational structure

Academic departments

As of 2011, the college had the following departments:^[4]

• First Command Department [指挥一系]
• Second Command Department [指挥二系]
• Communications Department [通信系]
• Engineering Department [工程系]
• Combat Support Department [作战保障系]

Labs

The college has one key lab, the Combat Command Lab (作战指挥实验室) and 20 teaching and research labs as of 2007.

Cadet teams

The college has 20 cadet teams and 4 graduate student teams.

Professors and staff

The Command College as of 2020 had 306 instructors, including 24 professors, 71 associate professors, 4 senior engineers, and one senior lab instructor.

Degrees, majors, and specialties

The Command College offers specialist degrees (大专), bachelor's degrees (本科), master's degrees (硕士), and doctoral degrees (博士) for commanding officers. It offers four majors for doctoral degrees, and nine majors for master's degrees.^[5]

As of 2007, the college offered 17 bachelor's majors:

• Military Strategy (战略)
• Military Campaign (战役)
• Military Tactics (战术)
• Combat Command (作战指挥)
• Political Work (政治工作)
• Logistics (后勤)
• Equipment (装备)
• Communications (通信)
• Engineering (工程)

It also offered 76 unspecified specialties.

Leadership

Principal Maj Gen Wu Gengmei [武庚梅]（1977年12月—1983年5月） Maj Gen Guo Jingting [郭敬亭]（1983年6月—1985年10月） Maj Gen Huang Cisheng [黄次胜]（1985年11月—1990年6月） Maj Gen Zhang Erwang [张二旺] 少将 Zhang Erwang（1990年6月—1996年12月） Maj Gen Lu Haozhong [卢浩衷] 少将 Lu Haozhong（1996年12月—2002年7月） Maj Gen Li Tilin [李体林] 少将 Li Tilin（2002年7月—2009年12月）[6] Maj Gen Zhang Junxiang [张军祥] 少将 Zhang Junxiang（2009年12月—2012年） Maj Gen Xu Kunxia [徐坤侠]（2012年—2017年）[7] Maj Gen Lan Jiyin [兰吉银]（2017年—）[8]

Political Commissar Maj Gen Bai Shoukang [白寿康] (1978年7月—1979年2月） Maj Gen Xiong Zhisheng [熊志生]（1979年2月—1983年5月） Maj Gen Zhang Kangjue [张康爵]（1983年6月—1990年6月） Maj Gen Wang Linshen [王林深]（1990年6月—1992年10月） Maj Gen Li Jinghua [李景华]（1992年10月—1995年10月） Maj Gen Zhao Guimao [赵贵卯]（1995年10月—？） Maj Gen Li Guangqi [李广琪]（1996年12月—2005年10月） Maj Gen Yao Wenchang [姚文长]（2005年10月—2009年5月） Maj Gen Zhang Dongshui [张东水]（2009年5月—2010年12月）[9] Maj Gen Kong Fanshun [孔繁顺]（2010年12月—2012年9月） Maj Gen Zhang Shenmin [张升民]（2012年9月—2013年12月） Maj Gen Ma Li [马力]（2013年12月—2014年12月）[10] Maj Gen Zhou Jianbo [周建波]（2014年12月—?）[11][12] Maj Gen Liu Zhihui [刘志辉] (?-present)

See also

• Academic institutions of the armed forces of China