The People's Liberation Army is planning to train its grassroots officers to be "multifunctional", as suggested by a newly released plan on position rotation.

Under the plan, issued by the PLA General Political Department, the military commanders and political instructors of grassroots units will exchange their duties for a time to increase their experience and improve their skill as commanders, the department said.

It is the first time the PLA has undertaken such a grassroots post-switching project to make PLA officers more capable military tacticians and improve their overall political work.