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It existed for a little more than eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After China dissolved the SSF on April 19, it established an Information Support Force, with President Xi Jinping present at its investiture ceremony in Beijing the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its first commander is Lt. Gen. Bi Yi, a former deputy commander of the SSF. The Information Support Force is directly subordinate to the Central Military Commission, the top political party organ that oversees China\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Col. Wu Qian, a Defense Ministry spokesperson, said the change is part of \u201cbuilding a strong military, and a strategic step to establish a new system of services and arms and improve the modern military force structure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the Information Support Force underpins \u201ccoordinated development and application of network information systems.\u201d This suggests it is responsible for command and control, information security, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/2020\/09\/01\/china-moves-toward-new-intelligentized-approach-to-warfare-says-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\">intelligence dissemination<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said the move would have \u201cprofound and far-reaching significance\u201d on PLA modernization. However, Brendan Mulvaney, the director of the U.S. Air Force\u2019s China Aerospace Studies Institute, told Defense News it\u2019s unlikely to be \u201cas big of a shift as the 2015-2016 reforms,\u201d which overhauled the PLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military considers the information domain as important as the four traditional air, land, sea and space <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/electronic-warfare\/2023\/10\/23\/china-may-struggle-in-electromagnetic-spectrum-fighting-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">domains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PLA now has three nascent arms \u2014 the Information Support Force, Cyberspace Force and Aerospace Force. It appears the latter two were existing SSF departments that China renamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the shakeup, the PLA\u2019s new organization features four services and four arms: the existing PLA Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force services, while the three previously mentioned arms sit alongside a fourth, the incumbent Joint Logistics Support Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cyberspace Force will subsume the responsibilities of the SSF\u2019s former Network Systems Department, whose mandate was offensive and defensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/dod\/2019\/01\/16\/3-ways-chinas-military-could-use-cyber-in-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">cyber operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the Defense Ministry described the Cyberspace Force\u2019s role as \u201creinforcing national cyber border defense, promptly detecting and countering network intrusions and maintaining national cyber sovereignty and information security\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Aerospace Force will take on the charge of the SSF\u2019s Space Systems Department, meaning it will supervise space operations and space launches. 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