Eight corporals and sergeants in their new sailor uniforms stand on the deck of the mine sweeping ship Jingjiang of a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), on January 1, 2015. According to the Notice on Expanding Coverage of Naval Sailor Uniforms issued by the PLA general headquarters/departments, all the male junior non-commissioned officers in the PLAN put on the sailor uniforms as of January 1, 2015. [Photo/PLA Daily]

Junior officers started wearing new uniforms from Jan. 1, 2015. [Photo: Xinhuanet Photo/PLA Daily]

Eight corporals and sergeants in their new sailor uniforms talk with a naval officer on the deck of the mine sweeping ship Jingjiang of a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), on January 1, 2015. [Photo/PLA Daily]

Eight corporals and sergeants in their new sailor uniforms stand on the deck of the mine sweeping ship Jingjiang of a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), on January 1, 2015. [Photo/PLA Daily]

Eight corporals and sergeants in their new sailor uniforms stand on the deck of the mine sweeping ship Jingjiang of a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), on January 1, 2015. [Photo/PLA Daily]