193 1 in April, the Kuomintang government promulgated the list of ranks of army officers, assistants and soldiers, and followed the rank system of Beiyang government, with the rank and rank unchanged. At that time, there was no unified institution for conferring ranks, which could be conferred by the National Government, the General Command, the Military Commission, or even the higher authorities or military and political leaders. 1932, Ma Bufang, a northwest warlord, appointed Ma Jiyuan, his son, who was only 12 years old, as the chief of staff of Colonel garrison headquarters in the North-South Border Region of Qinghai Province. What is even more ridiculous is that after reporting to the Central Military and Political Department of Nanjing, a formal order was issued and a power of attorney was issued. In addition, at that time, it was more common that the rank was lower than the position, and most commanders were awarded to generals. Some local warlords, only tens of thousands at most, also call themselves generals. 1933, when Chiang Kai-shek said in a commemorative week: "Compared with the great powers, the fighting capacity of the Kuomintang army is extremely weak, and there are too many generals to count."

In order to rectify the order of military ranks and meet military needs, the National Government decided to revise the military ranks. 1 July 1934 and 1935 and1June 1934, the national government re-established the official list of the armed forces and the rank list of soldiers. 1935 In March, a new rank table was promulgated, which divided generals into first and second grades and added special generals. The whole ranking is six and eighteen:

General officers: special generals, first-class generals, second-class generals, lieutenant generals and major generals;

School officials: colonel, lieutenant colonel, major;

Junior officers: captain, lieutenant and second lieutenant; Warrant officer;

Sergeant: Staff sergeant, sergeant, corporal;

Soldier: First class, first class, second class.

Navy soldiers are divided into eight grades, and their titles are the same as those of Beiyang government.

During the period of the National Government, the rank was the same as that of the Beiyang Government, but the title was changed, that is, the titles of "Major General of Quartermaster", "Lieutenant Colonel of Military Medicine" and "Captain of Military Law" were added before the rank. After 1934, the title of the rank was changed to a new title, with the rank collectively referred to as "supervisor", the rank collectively referred to as "Zheng" and the rank collectively referred to as "Left".

After the end of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, in order to meet the needs of all-round civil war, the Kuomintang army greatly reduced the age limit for officers at all levels: the first-class general, 62 years old; Second-class general, 60 years old; Lieutenant General, 56 years old; Major General, 52 years old; Colonel, 46 years old; Captain and colonel, 44 years old; Professional, 42 years old; Captain, 40 years old; Captain, 38 years old; Captain, 36. This was relatively low among the major military countries at that time.

The rank of generals in the Kuomintang army is more complicated. In addition to the three grades of special grade, first grade and second grade, there are several categories such as generals' titles and posthumous gifts.

The special general is the highest rank and is awarded to the highest officer of the armed forces. In fact, this rank was specially designed for Chiang Kai-shek.

Before the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the rank symbols of special generals, first-class generals and second-class generals were all inlaid with three triangular stars on the gold edition collar. After the Anti-Japanese War, the military uniform's rank symbol was changed from collar to epaulettes, with three five-pointed stars in the second general, four stars in the first general and five stars in the special general. Therefore, they are also commonly known as "three-star generals", "four-star generals" and "five-star generals" respectively. Others are posthumous gifts, such as Zhang Zizhong and Liao Lei. There are also two generals who have been officially promoted before and after, such as He Luo.

There are first-class generals (four-star generals) and second-class generals (three-star generals) in the Kuomintang army, and only Chiang Kai-shek is a special five-star general. Because the Kuomintang army imitates the rank of the American army, the five-star general is also a marshal.