The World - News from June 24, 1985
China will spend $350 million to resettle and find jobs for 1 million soldiers being demobilized from the People’s Liberation Army, the world’s largest, over the next two years. Civil Affairs Minister Cui Naifu said 100,000 officers and 400,000 enlisted men will be absorbed into the civil service, while jobs for the other 500,000 will be found by labor and personnel departments throughout the country. Cui said 30,000 apartments have so far been built for retired officers and that preparations are being made to build 47,000 more.
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