Jiang (rank)

The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by haijun (simplified Chinese: 海军; traditional Chinese: 海軍; lit. 'naval force') or kongjun (simplified Chinese: 空军; traditional Chinese: 空軍; lit. 'air force').

Rank group	General/flag officers
	上将 Shàngjiàng	中将 Zhōngjiàng	少将 Shàojiàng
PLA Ground Forces[1]
PLA Navy[1]
PLA Air Force[1]
People's Armed Police[1]
	上将 Shàngjiàng	中将 Zhōngjiàng	少将 Shàojiàng
Rank group	General/flag officers

Under the rank system in place in the PLA in the era 1955–1965, there existed the rank of dajiang (大将) or Grand General. This rank was awarded to 10 of the veteran leaders of the PLA in 1955 and never conferred again. It was considered equivalent to the Soviet rank of генера́л а́рмии (Army General) which is generally considered a five-star rank, although the insignia itself had only four. The decision to name the equivalent rank yiji shangjiang when it was briefly re-established in 1988-1994 was likely due to a desire to keep the rank of dajiang an honorary one awarded after a war, much as general of the armies in the United States Army. It was offered to Deng Xiaoping who declined the new rank. Thus it was never conferred and scrapped in 1994.