Chengdu Military Region

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The Chengdu Military Region is a military administrative command 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.

[edit] Organization

The Military Region includes two Group Armies (the 13th and 14th), the Tibetan 52nd and 53d Mountain Brigades, the 149th Motorised Infantry Division at Emei, Sichuan (near Mount Emei), 2 Mobile Armed Police Divisions (38th and 41th), and the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment at Chengdu.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies attributes the region with some 180,000 personnel, with four motorised infantry divisions, one artillery division, two armoured brigades, one artillery brigade, and two anti-aircraft brigades.

The military districts that fall within the Chengdu Military Region are:

  • Sichuan Provincial Military District
  • Tibet Military District
  • Guizhou Provincial Military District

[edit] Current Officers

  • LTGEN Wang Jianmin (Commander)
  • Zhang Haiyang (Political Officer)
  • Chen Shijun (Deputy Commander)
  • Gui Quanzhi (Deputy Commander)
  • Meng Jinxi (Deputy Commander)
  • Yan Xiaoying (Deputy Commander)
  • Qu Quansheng (Asst. Political Officer)
  • Ma Zilong (Asst. Political Officer)

[edit] Sources and External Links

  • International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2006
  • Chapter 8, PLA Ground Forces, by Dennis J Blasko, in The People's Liberation Army as Organisation, RAND, CF182
  • www.sinodefence.com
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