Editing People's Liberation Army Navy (section)

===Operational units===
Operationally, the PLAN's naval forces are subordinate to the CMC [[CMC JOCC|Joint Operations Command Center]] through the Theater Command's own Joint Operations Command Center (T-JOCC). The three fleets (one per Theater) has in turn a  Each fleet has their own headquarters, headed like all PLA units by a dual team of a commander and a political commissar, and each has set up a “maritime operations sub-center” (MOSC) (海上作战分中心) to coordinate operations.<ref name="Surprises" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Dahm |first1=J. |last2=Zhao |first2=Alison |date=2023-06-10 |title=China Maritime Report No. 28: Bitterness Ends, Sweetness Begins: Organizational Changes to the PLAN Submarine Force Since 2015 |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/28/ |journal=CMSI China Maritime Reports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=着戎装、登战舰、阅编队……十八大以来习近平多次视察海军 |url=http://www.qstheory.cn/zdwz/2019-04/23/c_1124401847.htm |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.qstheory.cn}}</ref> The fleets are in turn organized into formations (编队) consisting on various numbers of vessels, each under the operational control of a "formation command post" (编队指挥所). Fleet units are ordinarily organized into ''zhidui'' (支队, usually translated as "flotilla") of [[Grades of the armed forces of China|divisional or brigade grade]], and ''dadui'' (大队, usually translated as "squadron") of [[Grades of the armed forces of China|regimental or battalion grade]]. Temporary smaller detachments (中队), and larger task forces (战斗群) or "clusters" (集群) can be organized according to circumstances.
The Coastal Defense Force, Marine Corps, and Naval Air Force are organized in brigades.<ref name=":2" />

While the CMC [[Joint Operations Command Center]] has superior command, the Theater Command's T-JOCC has immediate operational control of all services in its jurisdiction.{{efn|with the likely exception of the [[PLARF]]'s nuclear missiles, which are directly controlled by the CMC}} A peculiar case is the East Sea Joint Command Center established in 2013, which has operational control over all forces above, on, and under that sea, including PLAN, PLAAF, [[China Coast Guard]], and [[Maritime Militia]].<ref name=":2" />