Yes.
According to the "Direct Recruitment of Navigation Non-Commissioned Officers" released by Xinhuo Talent on March 27, 2022, registration has officially begun! "It shows that the annual direct recruitment of non-commissioned officers is officially launched today. Professional and technical talents will be directly recruited from full-time college graduates or above. It involves more majors and the threshold is lower than that of direct recruitment of officers. Young people can also be recruited. At the same time, he participated in the recruitment of compulsory soldiers.
Noncommissioned officers, that is, "professional soldiers", are higher than soldiers (ordinary soldiers).