The National Defense Law and the organic law of the Ministry of Defense: The NDL will unify the administrative channel (previously handled by the Ministry of Defense) and the war-fighting chain of command (previously under the virtually autonomous general staff). Now the general staff will be clearly placed under the minister of defense, who will be a civilian. These changes mark a new era in ROC military modernization.
四、「國防法」及「國防部組織法」：國防法落實軍政軍令一元化，確立軍隊國家化、文人領軍理念，開啟軍隊現代化新頁。