Its editorial line hews closely to that found in the Chinese Communist Party's own official newspaper, People's Daily.

[2][3] The PLA Daily was established on January 1, 1956, under the aegis of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission as the Army's official newspaper.

[citation needed] In March 2018, People's Liberation Army Daily won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China.

[6] The PLA Daily, while officially serving as the voice of the military, does not stray far from the Party's own messaging when it comes to foreign policy.

"There is a strong correlation between foreign policy rhetoric in the—CCP's civilian voice—the People's Daily—and its military voice—the PLA Daily", writes scholar of strategy Alastair Iain Johnston.