Retired soldiers refer to soldiers discharged from active service (demobilized soldiers, demobilized soldiers, veterans, etc.). ) .201612 reported that since the founding of new China, * * * 57 million soldiers have retired from active service, and the number is increasing by hundreds of thousands every year.
On March 2018 13, the Fourth Plenary Session of the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Entrusted by the State Council, State Councilor Wang Yong explained to the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress the State Council's institutional reform plan: in order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of military families, strengthen the construction of the service guarantee system for retired military personnel, establish and improve a centralized and unified service guarantee system for retired military personnel with clear responsibilities, and make military personnel become a profession respected by the whole society. The plan proposes to integrate the responsibilities of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for the special care and placement of retired soldiers, the responsibilities of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security officers, the political work department of the Central Military Commission, and the logistics support department of the Central Military Commission to form the Department of Veterans Affairs.