Legal basis: Regulations on Resettlement of Retired Soldiers
Eighteenth conscripts and noncommissioned officers who have not served in active service for 12 years are discharged from active service, and the people's government shall support their independent employment.
Nineteenth retired soldiers who are self-employed shall be paid a one-time retirement pension by the army, and the one-time retirement pension shall be specially arranged by the central finance; Local people's governments may give economic subsidies according to local actual conditions, and the standards and measures for granting economic subsidies shall be formulated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. One-time retirement fees and one-time economic subsidies shall be exempted from personal income tax in accordance with state regulations. People's governments at all levels should strengthen the guidance and services for retired soldiers to start their own businesses. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall organize job introduction, employment recommendation and special job fairs to support retired soldiers to start their own businesses.