Doctrine Personnel

"Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldier of the New Era" Li Can: Vanguard Spearhead of Joint Victory

“最美新时代革命军人”李灿：联合制胜前沿尖兵

PLA Daily (解放军报) 12 August 2026

Summary

Li Can, a staff officer at the Central Theater Command Joint Staff Department, has been named a 'Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldier of the New Era' and awarded the 2026 China Youth May Fourth Medal for developing what the article calls a '多级同步统筹工作模式' (multi-echelon synchronous coordination work model) designed to break down hierarchical and information barriers in joint operations command. The article documents a specific institutional problem the PLA acknowledges openly: stovepiped command layers that impede shared situational assessment and coordinated force employment across echelons. The framing points to ongoing friction in joint command integration at the theater level, though the article gives no detail on where, at what scale, or in which exercise contexts Li Can's model was actually applied.

Translation

Li Can, of the Central Theater Command Joint Staff Department and recipient of the "Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldier of the New Era" honor, confronted the key and difficult problems of joint operations command and innovatively introduced a "multi-echelon synchronous coordination work model" (多级同步统筹工作模式), breaking down hierarchical and information barriers and achieving shared situational assessment (态势共判), jointly developed plans (方案联研), coordinated force employment (力量联动), and information sharing (信息共享). He has been commended as an "Outstanding Staff Officer of the Whole Army," awarded the 2026 China Youth May Fourth Medal and New Era Youth Vanguard Award (新时代青年先锋奖), and has been credited with one first-class merit citation, two second-class merit citations, and two third-class merit citations. (Material provided by: Wang Yi, Liu Xinyu, Li Xinrui, Xiang Xiong, Chang Yankai; Supervising editor: Song Weijun; Narration: Zhang Yifei; Graphics: Wang Feng)

Original Chinese

“最美新时代革命军人”、中部战区联合参谋部李灿面对联合作战指挥的重难点问题，创新推行了“多级同步统筹工作模式”，打破层级与信息壁垒，实现了态势共判、方案联研、力量联动和信息共享。他被表彰为“全军优秀参谋”，荣获2026年度中国青年五四奖章暨新时代青年先锋奖，荣立一等功1次、二等功2次、三等功2次。（素材提供：王祎刘新雨李新蕊向雄常延凯监审：宋韦均配音：张翼飞制图：王凤）