From January 2000, mess management, barracks maintenance and post exchange service will be gradually contracted out in organizations at or above the corps level and military academies and hospitals in large- and medium-sized cities.

• 从2000年1月起，在军级以上机关和驻大中城市的军队院校、医院等单位，逐步推行饮食保障、营房保障和商业服务社会化。