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. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified Chinese: 西藏自治区; Traditional Chinese: 西藏自治區; Pinyin: Xīzàng Zìzhìqū), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... (Chinese: 成都; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Cheng-tu), located in southwest China, is the capital of the Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. ...

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. Location within China Mount Emei (峨眉山, pinyin Éméi Shān, Wade-Giles O2-mei2 Shan1, literally Delicate Eyebrow Mountain) is a mountain in Sichuan province of Western China. ... (Chinese: 成都; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Cheng-tu), located in southwest China, is the capital of the Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. ...

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

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)

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