The Yomiuri Shimbun report, which fits with what Stratfor sources have said previously about a possible new command structure, provides few details about the demarcation of the new military zones. At the core of the plan, however, three of the zones will be designed to cover the Yellow, East and South China seas and take over functions that currently fall across three military regions (Jinan, Nanjing and Guangzhou) within five years. Meanwhile, China's inland provinces will fall under the control of two additional zones covering most of the Beijing, Shenyang, Chengdu and Lanzhou military regions. This move would be part of China's decadelong effort to strengthen the military's combat capability and professionalism.