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People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences

Research institute of the People's Liberation Army

Summary

Research institute of the People's Liberation Army

Field	Value
name	Academy of Military Sciences
native_name	中国人民解放军军事科学院
native_name_lang	zh
image	China_Emblem_PLA.svg
image_size	120px
established
type	Military research institute
parent
president	General Yang Xuejun
city	Beijing
country	China
coordinates
website

The Academy of Military Sciences () is the highest-level research institute of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is headquartered in Beijing. The academy was founded in March 1958 and as of 2002, its staff included approximately 500 researchers, making it the largest research institution in the PLA. Its president is General Yang Xuejun (since June 2017) while General Ling Huanxin is the political commissar.

Functions

The AMS researches issues related to “national defence, armed forces development, and military operations.” It works under the direction of the Central Military Commission and its Joint staff Department. More broadly, it coordinates research conducted by the various PLA institutions.

According to Bates Gill and James Mulvenon, "AMS researchers write reports for the military leadership, ghost-write speeches for top military leaders, and serve on temporary and permanent leading small groups as drafters of important documents like the Defence White Paper. The AMS also conducts analysis on foreign militaries, strategy, and doctrine, and has consistently taken the lead role in the study of the future of warfare."

In 2022, the AMS reported that a team of military scientists inserted a gene from the tardigrade into human embryonic stem cells in an experiment with the stated possibility of enhancing soldiers' resistance to acute radiation syndrome in order to survive nuclear fallout.

In 2024, AMS researchers were reported to have developed a military tool using Llama, which Meta Platforms said was unauthorized due to its model use prohibition for military purposes.

References

(25 December 2014). "Gao Jin becomes PLA's youngest military region-level chief". [[China Times]].
(June 28, 2023). "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general".
(30 September 2002). "Chinese Military-Related Think Tanks and Research Institutions". [[The China Quarterly]].
Chen, Stephen. (March 29, 2023). "Chinese team behind extreme animal gene experiment says it may lead to super soldiers who survive nuclear fallout". [[South China Morning Post]].
Cheung, Sunny. (October 31, 2024). "PRC Adapts Meta’s Llama for Military and Security AI Applications".
Pomfret, James. (November 1, 2024). "Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama". [[Reuters]].

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