Chairman responsibility system

The chairman responsibility system (Chinese: 军委主席负责制; pinyin: Jūnwěi Zhǔxí Fùzézhì) is a military system in the People's Republic of China to ensure the absolute leadership of the chairman over the Central Military Commission. The system ensures the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s absolute control over the military and that the chairman is the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Armed Police (PAP) and the Militia.