27 March 2016 /20:40 UTC-07 Tango 01 (09 Farvardin 1395/18 Jumada t-Tania 1437/20 Xin Mao 4714)

“Paid services can sometimes encourage corruption and the military should focus on national defense. The announcement also aims to improve the military’s combat capability.”-Gong Fangbin, People’s Liberation Army National Defense University

China’s Central Military Commission revealed plants eliminate military contractors, in a bid to reduce corruption.  That’s according to news reports citing a leaked document.

Last year President Xi Jinping announced plans to greatly reduce the size of the military in an attempt to reduce government tax spending.  The Central Military Commission called their plan to halt the use of contracts (called ‘paid services’ in China) “an important political task” as it was seen as a major cause of “corruption”.