How to tell a soldier's rank from his collar and epaulettes?

You can judge the rank by the epaulettes. Epaulettes refer to the identification marks of ranks worn on the shoulders of uniforms. Generally, it consists of bars and stars. Reflects the level of personnel. The wearing crowd mainly includes soldiers, police, railways and so on. The rank system of China People's Liberation Army is the current rank system in People's Republic of China (PRC). Rank is an honor awarded by the state to soldiers. The rank system takes the comprehensive factors such as officer's position, contribution and ability as the standard for evaluating and promoting rank.

Junior officer: second lieutenant: one bar and one star platoon leader. Captain: two stars in one bar, platoon leader, deputy company commander. Captain: Three-star bar, company/deputy company, deputy battalion.

School official: major: two poles and one star, supervisor/deputy. Lieutenant Colonel: Two bars and two stars, at the regimental/deputy regimental level. Captain: two bars and three stars, full/deputy regiment commander, deputy division commander. Senior colonel: two bars and four stars, full/deputy division level, deputy corps level.

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Major General: olive branch plus one star, deputy/officer. Captain General: Olive branch plus two stars, director/deputy director level. Admiral: Olive Branch and Samsung. The regional governor is the vice chairman of the Military Commission. (General is the highest rank in China at present, and chairman of the Central Military Commission doesn't give him the title. )

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At the beginning of 20th century, China army began to wear epaulettes. 1904, the Qing government approved the "army officer's cap badge" issued by the training department and the Ministry of War, and made detailed regulations on the style and color of the epaulettes. During the Republic of China, military uniform dresses and uniforms in some periods were also equipped with epaulettes. China People's Liberation Army began to wear epaulettes when it implemented the rank system in June 1955+00. The epaulettes have four shapes: trapezoid, sword, diagonal and rectangle. Among them, the epaulettes of marshals, generals, lieutenants and college students are trapezoidal, while those of naval soldiers are rectangular.

The new rank system implemented by China People's Liberation Army has further straightened out the relationship between officers and effectively adjusted the proportion structure of officers, which is of great significance and role in enhancing soldiers' sense of responsibility and honor, improving the quality of officers and strengthening the command, management, guarantee and coordination of the army. This is an important step in deepening the reform of the army and marks a new stage in the modernization and regularization of the People's Liberation Army.

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Baidu encyclopedia-PLA ranking