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Simplified Chinese
  
成都军区

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Chéngdū Jūnqū

Traditional Chinese
  
成都軍區

Founded
  
1955

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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.

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The Tibet Military Region was reduced to the status of a district in 1971.

The region was disbanded during the 2015 People's Republic of China military reform, become part of the Western Theater Command.

Organisation

In 2005, the International Institute for Strategic Studies attributed 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.

Blasko estimated in 2013 that the region consisted of the:

  • 13th Group Army (zh:中国人民解放军第13集团军)
  • 37th Infantry Division ('Red Army Division') (Chongqing)
  • 149th Mechanized Infantry Division at Leshan, Sichuan
  • Armoured Brigade (Pengzhou, Sichuan)
  • Artillery Brigade (Chongzhou, Sichuan)
  • AAA Brigade (Mianyang, Sichuan)
  • 2nd Army Aviation Regiment (Chengdu)
  • 'Cheetah' Special Operations Dadui

    • In 2009 Sino-Defence.com also said an Engineer Regiment, a Signal Regiment, and an Electronic Warfare Regiment were part of the army. The 149th Division joined the reorganising 13th Group Army on the disbandment of the 50th Army in 1985.

  • 14th Group Army (zh:中国人民解放军第14集团军)
  • 31st Infantry Division (Dali, Yunnan)
  • 40th Infantry Division (Kaiyuan)
  • Armoured Brigade (Kunming)
  • Artillery Brigade (Kunming)
  • AAA Brigade (Kunming)
  • 29th Chemical Defence Regiment

    • In 2009 Sino-Defence.com said also a Signal Regiment, an Engineer Regiment, and a Pontoon Bridge Regiment were part of the army.

  • Tibet Military District with the 52nd Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade, 53rd Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade (both at Nyingchi, Xizang)), the 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Lhasa), a Signals Regiment, and three military sub-districts, the Shannan Military Sub-District, the Xigaze Military Sub-District, and the Nyingchi Military Sub District.

    • Also reported are the 38th and 41st Armed Mobile Police Divisions of the People's Armed Police.

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

  • Sichuan Provincial Military District (2nd Independent Division of Sichuan Provincial Military District (People's Republic of China) disbanded in 1976)
  • Tibet Military District
  • Guizhou Provincial Military District

    • Current officers

  • General Li Zuocheng (Commander), since July 2013
  • Lieutenant General Zhu Fuxi (Political Commissar), since October 2012
  • Rong Guiqing (戎贵卿, Chief of Staff)

    • Lieutenant General (zhong jiang)Yang Jinshan served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of Tibet Military District from December 2009 to July 2013.

    Nickname

    Organizations affiliated with the Chengdu Military Region often use the nickname "banner" (Chinese: 战旗; pinyin: zhànqí; literally: "battle flag"), including the Banner Performance Troupe (Chinese: 战旗文工团) and the Banner Newspaper (Chinese: 战旗报).

    References

    Chengdu Military Region Wikipedia
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