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before 1955, due to historical conditions, the pla did not implement the military rank system. after the founding of new china, in order to promote the modernization and regularization of the army, the central government began to prepare for the awarding of military ranks. the military rank system was abolished for another 23 years after the birth of new china. many people thought it was abolished after 1966, but they didn't know that it was officially abolished in 1965, and it was proposed by marshal he long.

there have been rumors that he long proposed to abolish the military rank system because he was dissatisfied with his ranking among the ten marshals, which was only fifth. the ten marshals were headed by zhu, followed by peng, and then lin, liu, he, chen, luo, xu, nie, and ye. did he long really propose to abolish the military rank system because he was dissatisfied with being ranked fifth in the middle?

this is of course false. how could such an important military event involving all aspects be proposed to abolish this system simply because the military rank is not high enough? the biography of luo ruiqing details the ins and outs of he long's proposal.

in august 1964, he long and luo ruiqing went to beidaihe together to report to chairman mao on the issue of salary cuts for senior military officials. during the discussion, he long tentatively gave a suggestion: "why not cancel military ranks altogether?"