195 1 year 1 month 15, the military academy was established in Nanjing. Liu Bocheng led the founding work and served as the principal and political commissar. The Military Academy of China People's Liberation Army is the highest institution in China to train and bring up senior commanders and senior staff officers of the synthetic army. Directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission.

1985 12, the State Council and the Central Military Commission decided to merge the Military Academy, the Political Academy and the Logistics Academy to form the PLA National Defense University.

Expanding information "Running the army must run the school first" is a famous saying of Liu Bocheng, and he is also practicing it. Struggled for it all his life. As early as in the Central Soviet Area, he served as the principal and political commissar of the Red Army School.

On the way to the Long March, Liu Bocheng served as Chief of Staff of the Central Red Army, and successively served as Chairman of the Second Red Army and the Fourth Army. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he served as vice president of the Central Red Army University during the busy war command.

In the war of liberation, he led a great army to fight in the south and the north. While serving as the commander of the Second Field Army, he also served as the president and political commissar of the Second Field Army University. While directing the war, he also taught in person and appeared in front of the students as an instructor.

After the national liberation, Liu Bocheng became the first chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee. He accepted the task of running a school, resigned from his military and political post, and founded the Military Academy of China People's Liberation Army. He served as the first principal and later as the principal and political commissar.

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