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Solving Grassroots Officers and Soldiers' Problems: Field Reimbursement Points Established at Field Training Sites

破解基层官兵难题，野外报销点设在驻训场

PLA Daily (解放军报) 10 June 2026

Summary

An unnamed naval unit established forward reimbursement points at field training sites this year, extending the dedicated finance network to front-line locations to eliminate a months-long out-of-pocket advance cycle that had burdened company- and platoon-level procurement officers during multi-month field deployments. The article documents a persistent structural gap in PLA field logistics: garrison-centric financial systems that cannot support extended away-from-base operations without imposing personal financial liability on junior personnel. It fits a broader pattern of PLA units improvising workarounds to administrative infrastructure that was not designed for sustained field presence, and raises the question of whether this fix is a unit-level initiative or part of a directed effort to standardize field finance support across the force.

Translation

In early summer, He Ying, a procurement officer for a certain naval unit, walked out of a simple prefabricated room at a field training site with a relaxed expression, saying: "I never expected that reimbursement could be this convenient even when we're far from the garrison!" This prefabricated room is the field reimbursement point that the unit has specifically set up this year to solve the problem of "reimbursement difficulties" (报销难) faced by grassroots officers and soldiers during field training.

The unit spends several months each year on field training. Because the training sites are far from the headquarters garrison, reimbursement has become a longstanding and intractable problem (老大难) in logistics support. Previously, routine company- and platoon-level procurement could not be handled through public account transfers, requiring officers and soldiers to pay out of pocket first and then seek reimbursement against receipts afterward. Procurement officers had to travel back and forth between the headquarters and the training site, and due to inconvenient transportation and cumbersome review procedures, the process from procurement to reimbursement and payment took at least one month. Prolonged out-of-pocket advances not only increased the financial burden on soldiers, but if repayment could not be made in a timely manner, it could also affect their personal credit records.

To address this problem, before this year's field training mission commenced, the unit's headquarters planned ahead and took proactive action, treating the establishment of a normalized field reimbursement point as a priority task in serving the troops. The finance department submitted advance special requests to higher authorities and filed an implementation plan for establishing a dedicated reimbursement network in the field. Working in coordination with communications, security, and other departments, they overcame practical difficulties including unstable field network signals and the high difficulty of laying cables, and extended the dedicated finance network directly to the front-line training sites.

Now, officers and soldiers can complete processes such as receipt scanning and online review at their training locations, with the entire process efficient, secure, convenient, and smooth.

Original Chinese

初夏时节，海军某部采购员贺颖从野外驻训场一间简易板房走出，一脸轻松地说：“没想到远离营区，报销也能这么便捷！”这间板房，正是该部今年以来为破解基层官兵驻训期间“报销难”专门开设的野外报销点。该部每年有数月在野外驻训，由于驻训点远离机关营区，报销问题成了后勤保障的“老大难”。以往，营连日常采购无法对公转账，需要官兵先行垫付，之后再凭票据报销。采购员要在机关与驻训点之间来回跑，由于交通不便、审核流程繁琐，从采购到报销到账，至少需要一个月。长期垫资不仅加重战士经济负担，若不能及时还款，还可能影响个人征信。针对这一问题，今年驻训任务展开前，该部机关提前筹划、主动作为，将设立常态化野外报销点作为为兵服务的重点工作来抓。财务部门提前向上级专项请示、报备野外开设报销专网的实施方案，并联合通信、保密等部门协同发力，克服野外网络信号不稳、布线施工难度大等实际困难，将财务专网直通驻训一线。如今，官兵在驻训地就能完成票据扫描、线上审核等流程，全程高效安全、便捷顺畅。