Group armies or army groups or combined corps,which are military formations of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force of China.
The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China,covering Chongqing,Sichuan,Yunnan,Guizhou,and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area previously within the Kunming Military Region and has its headquarters in Chengdu. It was probably established in 1955.
The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid-1980s to 2017,it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city,Tianjin city,Hebei province,Shanxi province,and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Region is mainly responsible for defending the People's Republic of China from Mongolia and Russia,and also protects the capital of China,and had the largest number of military personnel of any of the seven regions active from 1985 to 2017. The Region has now been disbanded and superseded by the Central Theater Command and Northern Theater Command.
The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions,located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949,the Central China Military Region (MR) was formed. In March 1955,it was divided into two,the Guangzhou MR and the Wuhan Military Region. When the Wuhan MR was disbanded in August 1985,its troops stationed around the Hubei province were assigned to the Guangzhou MR.
The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China,covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces,which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commander of the Jinan MR,from 1958. It was considered a strategic reserve. It included some of the area previously within the Wuhan Military Region,which was disbanded in 1985–88.
The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang,Qinghai,Gansu,Ningxia,Shaanxi,and Ngari Prefecture in northwest Tibet. It was headquartered in Lanzhou in Gansu Province. It is bordered to the south by the Chengdu Military Region,and to the north by Mongolia,the Altai Republic,which is a political subdivision of the Russian Federation,and Kazakhstan. This region is now part of the Western Theater Command due to the military reforms of 2015.
The Nanjing Military Region was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui,Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Jiangxi,Fujian,and Shanghai. It also covers Taiwan,which is claimed by the People's Republic of China but administered by the Republic of China. The head of the region was Cai Yingting. This region is now part of the Eastern Theater Command.
The 20th Group Army is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force,stationed in the Jinan Military Region. It consists of two manoeuvre brigades with other attached or otherwise organic units. For some time after its formation in 1949,the army consisted of three divisions.
The 80th Group Army,Unit 31673,formerly the 26th Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 80th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF,the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China,and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.
Li Desheng was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was born in Xin County,Henan,China,an area now known as the "Cradle of Generals" for the large number of senior military officers born in the region. He joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at the age of 14,in 1930,the Communist Youth League in 1931,and the Chinese Communist Party a year later. He attained the rank of Major General in 1955,and General in 1988. The patterns of Li's advancement suggest that he was mentored by Chen Xilian,and that he was closely aligned with You Taizhong. Li Desheng served on the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 1969–1985,one of the most turbulent periods of the People's Republic. He died in Beijing on 8 May 2011.
The 78th Group Army,Unit 31669,formerly the 16th Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF,the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China,and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.
The 72nd Group Army,Unit 31657,formerly the 1st Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 71st Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF,the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China,and one of three assigned to the nation's Eastern Theater Command. Headquartered in Huzhou,Zhejiang,the unit's primary mission is likely preparation for conflict in or about the Taiwan Strait.
The Central Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China,and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region.
The Northern Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army,founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region,Jinan Military Region and Beijing Military Region. Its headquarters is in the Heping District of Shenyang,Liaoning Province. The Northern Theater Command shares borders with North Korea,Russia and Mongolia.
The 64th Group Army,former 64th Corps and 64th Army Corps,was a military formation of China's People's Liberation Army that existed from 1949 to 1998.
The 23rd Army was an army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army,active from 1949.
The 73rd Division was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army,issued by Central Military Commission on November 1,1948,basing on the 19th Division,7th Column of the Huadong Field Army. Its history can be traced to the Riverine Detachment of 7th Division,New Fourth Army,formed in February 1943.
The Chinese order of battle in the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes.
The Northern Theater Command Ground Force is the ground force under the Northern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Jinan,Shandong. The current commander is Shi Zhenglu and the current political commissar is Zheng Xuan.
