People's Liberation Army General Staff Department

The People's Liberation Army General Staff Department (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军总参谋部; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍總參謀部; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jifàngjūn Zǒngcānmóubù) is the command organ and the headquarters for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is under the absolute leadership of the Central Military Commission. Its duties include - PLA Operations Command, Recruitments, Mobilizations, Formation, Trainings and Administration.

It has the following departments

• Combat Operation Command
• Combat Communications
• Military Intelligence
• Mobilization
• Electronic Warfare
• Foreign Relations
• Management

The People's Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters is located in Beijing and its current commander is a three-star general, which is the highest military rank in China, Fang Fenghui.^[1] The GSD assisted in the production of the anti-U.S. propaganda film Silent Contest.

List of Chiefs of General Staff^[2]

• Su Yu (粟裕): 1954–1958
• Huang Kecheng (黄克诚): 1958–1959
• Luo Ruiqing (罗瑞卿): 1959–1965
• Yang Chengwu (杨成武): 1965–1968 (Acting)
• Huang Yongsheng (黄永胜): 1968–1971
• Deng Xiaoping (邓小平): 1975–1980
• Yang Dezhi (杨得志): 1980–1987
• Chi Haotian (迟浩田): 1987–1992
• Zhang Wannian (张万年): 1992–1995
• Fu Quanyou (傅全有): 1995–2002
• Liang Guanglie (梁光烈): 2002–2007
• Chen Bingde: (陈炳德): 2007–1012
• Fang Fenghui: (房峰辉): 2012–Present

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