From China Daily:
Huang Wenchuan, a sophomore engineering major at Shenzhen University in South China’s Guangdong Province, couldn’t wait to enlist in the army in an autumn nationwide recruitment campaign.
Huang was among an increasing number of applicants from universities nationwide to join the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) this autumn. And the army has benefited as well in the five years the policy has been in effect because it gets more educated recruits.
However, in China where military service is voluntary, the army is made up mostly of senior middle school graduates and officers who have received additional training at one of China’s military universities. College students remain a relatively small portion of the military’s composition. [Full Text]
