| 中央军委联合参谋部情报局 | |
 PLA Joint Staff Department Patch | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 2016 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Constituent Department of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission |
| Jurisdiction | People's Liberation Army |
| Headquarters | Dongcheng, Beijing |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent department | Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission |
The Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (Chinese: 中央军委联合参谋部情报局; pinyin: Lián cān qíngbào jú) is a bureau of the Joint Staff Department. It is one of the People's Republic of China's primary intelligence organizations and the principal military intelligence organ of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The organization was formerly referred to as the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department, the Second Department, or simply 2PLA. In 2016, CMC chairman Xi Jinping implemented substantial military reforms for the armed services, the theater commands, and the Central Military Commission (CMC) that have been compared to the United States' Goldwater–Nichols or Russian Serdyukov reforms. As part of the restructuring of the CMC, the former General Staff Department (GSD) was replaced by the Joint Staff Department (JSD) and subordinate units, to include the Intelligence Bureau, were transferred to the new Joint Staff Department.[1][2] The Government of the People's Republic of China has not officially acknowledged the existence of Intelligence Bureau.
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- ^ Saunders, Phillip C.; Wuthnow, Joel (1 July 2016). "China's Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational Reforms" (PDF). Joint Force Quarterly (82). National Defense University Press: 69. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.