- Formed
- 28 September 1954 ; 71 years ago ( 1954-09-28 ) (party) 6 June 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983-06-06 ) (state)
- Preceding agencies
- People's Revolutionary Military Commission , (1949–1954) National Defense Commission , (1954–1975)
- Type
- National level agency
- Jurisdiction
- China
- Headquarters
- August 1st Building , Beijing
- Agency executive
- Xi Jinping , Chairman General Zhang Shengmin , Vice Chairman
- Parent agency
- Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party National People's Congress (and its Standing Committee )
- Child agencies
- People's Liberation Army People's Armed Police Militia of China
- Website
- www.81.cn , chinamil.com.cn (in English)