Eastern Theater Command

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Eastern Theater Command
中国人民解放军东部战区
Founded1 February 2016; 5 years ago (2016-02-01)
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
TypeTheater Command
RoleCommand the Eastern forces in a joint effort against Taiwan, Japan, and Japanese Senkaku and Ryukyu Islands.
Part of People's Liberation Army
HeadquartersNanjing, Jiangsu
March"The March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army"
Websitehttp://db.81.cn
Commanders
CommanderGeneral He Weidong
Political CommissarGeneral He Ping
Eastern Theater Command
Map of Eastern Theatre of PLA.svg
Eastern Theater Command
Simplified Chinese东部战区
Traditional Chinese東部戰區

The Eastern Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor was the Nanjing Military Region. The headquarters is located in Nanjing.[1]

Its jurisdiction includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shanghai[1] and the East Sea Fleet.[2] It consists of three group armies:the 72nd Group Army (formerly 1st group army), 71st Group Army (formerly 12th group army), and 73rd Group Army (formerly 31st group army).[3] The ground force headquarter of the Eastern theater command is located in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.[4] Among its aviation forces is the , which flies H-6 bombers.[5]

Its commander is General He Weidong and its political commissar is General He Ping.

Excluded from the Eastern Theater Command are the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang as these territories are under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China's Armed Forces.

History[]

On 1 February 2016, the Eastern Theater Command held its inaugural meeting in the Bayi Building in Beijing. he meeting was held concurrently with all of the other newly created theater commands. General Secretary of the CCP and Chairman of the CMC Xi Jinping was in attendance, awarding military flags and issuing the official instructions. CMC Vice Chairman and CCP Politburo Member Fan Changlong read out the orders while CMC Vice Chairman Xu Qiliang presided.

Structure[]

Functional Departments[]

General Staff Department (参谋部) - Under the direction of Lieutenant General Wang Xiubin, Chief of Staff. His Deputy Chiefs of Staff are Major General (Army), Rear Admiral (Navy) and Major General (Air Force). Subordinated to the General Staff Department is its Joint Operations Command Center.

  • Combat Bureau
  • Intelligence Bureau
  • Information Assurance Agency
  • Military Demand Bureau
  • Joint Training Board
  • Mobilization Bureau
  • Work Direction Bureau
  • War Service Bureau

Political Works Department (政治工作部) - Subordinated to the Political Department are the following bureaus:

  • General Bureau
  • Organization Bureau
  • Cadre Bureau
  • Military and Civilian Bureau
  • Publicity Bureau
  • Group Workers Liaison Bureau

Disciplinary Inspection Committee (纪律检查委员会) - (aka the Supervisory Committee) Lead by Lieutenant General Yang Xiaoxiang, Secretary, the role of the Disciplinary Inspection Committee is to conduct surveillance and conduct "disciplinary inspections" on PLASSF members in accordance with Article 68 of the March 2018 "Supervision Law" passed by the 13th National People's Congress. The position of Secretary was originally held by Deputy Political Commissar Lu Jiancheng (2016 - 2019). Subordinated to the Disciplinary Inspection Committee is the Disciplinary Inspection Service.

PLA Ground Force[]

71st Group Army (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)

  • 34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Chuzhou, Anhui)
  • 35th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Xuzhou)
  • 179th Motorized Infantry "Linfen" Brigade (Nanjing, Jiangsu)
  • Artillery Brigade (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)
  • Air Defense Brigade (Huai'an, Jiangsu)
  • Special Operations Brigade (Jiangsu)

72nd Group Army (Huzhou, Zhejiang)

  • 1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division (Hangzhou)
  • 178th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
  • 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Jinhua, Zhejiang)
  • 10th Armored Brigade (Suzhou, Jiangsu)
  • Artillery Brigade (Wuxi, Jiangsu)
  • Long-Distance Artillery Brigade (Wuxi, Jiangsu)
  • 5th Army Aviation Brigade
  • Air Defense Brigade (Zhenjiang, Jiangsu)

73rd Group Army (Xiamen, Fujian)

  • 86th Motorized Infantry Division (Fuzhou, Fujian)
  • 91st Motorized Infantry Division (Zhangzhou, Fujian)
  • 92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Quanzhou)
  • 3rd Artillery Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian)
  • 13th Air Defense Brigade (Xiamen, Fujian)
  • Amphibious Armored Brigade (Zhangzhou, Fujian)
  • 10th Army Aviation Regiment

PLA Air Force[]

  • 3rd Fighter Division (Wuhu, Anhui)
  • 14th Fighter Division (Zhangshu, Jiangxi)
  • 29th Fighter Division (Quzhou, Zhejiang)
  • 28th Attack Division (Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
  • 10th Bomber Division (Anqing, Anhui)
  • Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian)
  • UAV Brigade (Liancheng, Fujian)
  • 85th Air Brigade (Quzhou, Zhejiang)
  • 3rd Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade
  • 8th AAA Brigade (Shanghai)

PLA Navy[]

  • 1st Coastal Defense Brigade (Shanghai)
  • 2nd Coastal Defense Brigade (Shanghai)
  • Coastal Defense Brigade (Fujian)
  • 13th Coastal Defense Division, (Jinjiang, Quanzhou)
  • 31st Pontoon Bridge Brigade

PLA Rocket Force[]

Base 52 (Huangshan, Anhui)

  • 807th Launch Brigade (Chizhou, Anhui)
  • 819th Brigade (Ganzhou, Jiangxi)
  • 811th Launch Brigade (Jingdezhen, Jiangxi)
  • 820th Brigade (Jinhua, Zhejiang)
  • Launch Brigade (Shaoguan, Guangdong)
  • 817th Launch Brigade (Sanming, Fujian)

Area Of Responsibility (AOR)[]

Eastern Theater Command's Area Of Responsibility (AOR) includes Taiwan and East China Sea.

Order of battle[]

Before re-structure, PLA Eastern Theater Command ground and air forces consisting of:[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "详解五大战区范围：战区陆军司令部独立驻扎". Sina Corp. February 11, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "媒体：成立东部战区海军 是不是东海舰队就没了". Guancha Syndicate. March 7, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "18个集团军部署完成，五大战区都在做什么？". Southern Weekly. April 19, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "东部战区陆军总部驻福州 五大战区居首". Ta Kung Pao. February 3, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "Orbats - Scramble". www.scramble.nl. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "Snapshot: China's Eastern Theater Command" (PDF). Andrew S. Erickson, Kenneth Allen, Wilson VornDick, David C. Logan, Adrian Zenz and James Leibold. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

See also[]


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