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PLA Daily (解放军报) 5 August 2026

Summary

Rocket Force senior NCO Hou Changling was recognized at the CMC Military Training Conference in Beijing on November 25, 2020, as an 'Advanced Individual in Military Training Across the Armed Forces,' with his crew having earned collective Third-Class Merit Citations seven times across multiple launch missions. This is a standard political-work profile piece produced by the PLA News and Communication Center; its value is as a record of how the Rocket Force frames NCO proficiency and crew-level readiness as institutional exemplars, not as evidence of a capability or posture change. The Rocket Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy's acknowledgment in the credits places the piece within a broader institutional effort to elevate the NCO corps as a training model.

Translation

On November 25, 2020, the Central Military Commission Military Training Conference was held in Beijing. Chairman Xi warmly received conference delegates, representatives of advanced military training units from across the armed forces, and outstanding individuals, and took a group photograph with them. Hou Changling was commended as an "Advanced Individual in Military Training Across the Armed Forces" and was among those present.

Over the years, Hou Changling has trained hard to master the skills needed to win, has participated in launch missions on multiple occasions, and the crew he leads has been collectively awarded the Third-Class Merit Citation seven times.

Producer: Ou Can, Hou Dawei

Executive Planner: Fei Shiting, Qian Zongyang

Supervisors: Huang Xianwen, Xu Xiaolong, Li Lin

Directors: Xie Fei, Cao Chunyao

Scriptwriters: Xie Fei, Cao Chunyao

Cinematographers: Gong Ze, Liu Qingyuan, Zhao Rui, Wang Xu, Tang Changlu, Du Guangxu

Editor: Liu Qingyuan

Designer: Wang Xu

Coordinators: Li Ping, Song Yujie, Hong Haonan, Chen Shifeng, Tan Lin, Wang Shihan

Production Unit: PLA News and Communication Center, Current Affairs Department

Acknowledgments: PLA News and Communication Center, Radio and Television Department; Rocket Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy

Original Chinese

2020年11月25日，中央军委军事训练会议在京召开，习主席亲切接见会议代表、全军军事训练先进单位代表和先进个人，同大家合影留念。侯长岭被表彰为“全军军事训练先进个人”，也在其中。这些年，侯长岭苦练打赢本领，多次参与发射任务，所带的班组7次荣立集体三等功。出品人：欧灿侯大伟总策划：费士廷钱宗阳监制：黄显文徐小龙李琳导演：谢菲曹春耀脚本：谢菲曹春耀摄影：宫泽刘清元赵睿王旭唐长路杜光旭剪辑：刘清元设计：王旭统筹：黎平宋玉洁洪浩男陈世锋谭琳王诗菡摄制单位：解放军新闻传播中心时政部鸣谢：解放军新闻传播中心广播电视部火箭军士官学校