ABSTRACT
On 22 July 1998, at an enlarged session of the Central Military Commission, CMC Chairman Jiang Zemin gave a speech in which he called for the dissolution of the military-business complex, asserting:
To make concerted efforts to properly develop the army in an all-around manner, the central authorities decided: The army and the armed police [wu jing] should earnestly screen and rectify [qingli] various commercial companies operated by their subordinate units, and shall not carry out any commercial activities in the future.… Military and armed police units should resolutely implement the central authorities’ resolution and fulfill as soon as possible the requirements that their subordinate units shall not carry out any commercial activities in the future. 1
