According to Fage, generally speaking, the state does not arrange military wives, but those unemployed dependents do have living allowances. The payment standard refers to the Interim Measures for Social Insurance of Spouses of PLA Soldiers during Unemployment.
Military wife refers to the legal wife of male soldiers in active service in China People's Liberation Army and Chinese People's Armed Police Force, and is the other half of the soldiers. Military wives who are embedded in the army live with soldiers in the army and may or may not have their own jobs.