Changsha to boost bonus to students for military service in Xinjiang, Tibet
Source:Global Times Published: 2017/7/16 21:43:39
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Changsha to boost bonus to students for military service
The government of Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, has announced it will give a one-off signing bonus of 20,000 yuan ($2,952) to each college graduate who serves a stint in the military in either Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Previously, the bonus was 10,000 yuan in Changsha. The new standard will take effect on August 1 and will be distributed to students before they are sent for military training, news portal thepaper.cn reported Sunday, citing a Changsha government notice.
The bonus for other college students who sign up for military service is 15,000 yuan, and it will be handed over within three to 12 months after they began their service, said the notice. Students who sign up will also be given travel allowances ranging from 500 to 3,000 yuan.
College students are given incentives to serve in the military, even if they have not graduated, and when their term of service is over, they can return to their studies, and will benefit from preferential policies, including having fees paid or having priority for postgraduate programs. Students that sign up serve as regular rank and file troops.
The notice also states that priority should be given to retired soldiers when Changsha government recruits police officers and for vacancies at State-owned enterprises.
To encourage young people to serve in remote regions like Xinjiang and Tibet, the Chinese government gives 5,000 yuan per year to soldiers from urban areas as a pension. And to those from rural areas, the pension is two times that of those who do not serve in remote areas, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Looking to make 186,000 yuan ($28,500)? Well, join the PLA.
Capital again raises allowance for PLA recruits
Beijing municipality has increased the
allowance for soldiers who join the People’s Liberation Army for the
third consecutive year, with higher amounts for better-educated
recruits.
A university student or graduate who has
a Beijing hukou, or household registration permit, will receive at
least 186,000 yuan ($28,500) in cash in allowance if they join the PLA
this year and serve at least two years, the Beijing Municipal
Conscription Office announced on its website on Friday.
The money, 9,000 yuan higher than last
year, includes subsidies for the soldier’s family, reimbursement for
university expenditures, service pay as well as jobfinding assistance.
They will be given to the soldier and his or her family during the
service term and after he or she retires from the military.
The PLA intends to recruit more
well-educated young people to fill in its intellectually demanding
positions that are rapidly emerging along with the military
modernization drive.
An associate degree holder or student at
an associate college will receive 178,000 yuan for a two-year service
term while a high school graduate will get 154,000 yuan.
A soldier serving in high-altitude
plateau sin the Tibet autonomous region will receive an extra subsidy of
at least 56,200 yuan, the office noted.
In 2014, the total allowance for a
university student or graduate who became a PLA soldier that year was
increased by nearly 20,000 yuan to 159,000 yuan. The next year, the
money was further raised to 177,000 yuan.
In addition to the financial incentives,
Beijing also promises that students from universities in Beijing who
interrupt their studies to serve the PLA will be given special favors
when they take part in postgraduate exams, apply for a job in the
government and State-owned enterprises, and apply for a Beijing hukou
after graduation.
Government departments, State-owned
companies and publicly funded organizations in Beijing have been asked
to set aside a certain proportion of their vacancies for university
graduates who served with the PLA, the conscription office said.
Last month, the PLA released a rap-style
recruitment music video for the first time to cater to the tastes of
young people. The effort was applauded by young people, many of whom
said the music succeeded in raising their aspirations to have a military
career.
