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Military region of China
Central Theater Command
中部战区
Founded
1 February 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-01)
Country
People's Republic of China
Allegiance
Chinese Communist Party
Type
Theater Command
Role
Command and control
Size
300,000
Part of
Central Military Commission People's Liberation Army
Headquarters
Beijing
Motto(s)
听党指挥、能打胜仗、作风优良
Website
Official website
Commanders
Commander
General Huang Ming
Political Commissar
General Xu Deqing
Chief of Staff
General Jia Jiancheng
Insignia
Sleeve insignia
Military unit
Central Theater Command
Simplified Chinese
中部战区
Traditional Chinese
中部戰區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōngbù Zhànqū
People's Liberation Army
Executive departments
Central Military Commission
Ministry of National Defense
Staff
Chairman of the CMC
Joint Staff Department of the CMC
Political Work Department of the CMC
Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CMC
Services
Ground Force
Navy
Air Force
Rocket Force
Arms
Aerospace Force
Cyberspace Force
Information Support Force
Joint Logistics Support Force
Domestic troops
People's Armed Police
China Coast Guard
Militia
Maritime Militia
Special operations force
PLA Special Operations Forces
Special Police Unit of the PAP
Snow Leopard Commando Unit
Mountain Eagle Commando Unit
Military districts
Eastern Theater Command
Southern Theater Command
Western Theater Command
Northern Theater Command
Central Theater Command
History of the Chinese military
Military history of China
Military ranks of China
Ranks of the PLA Ground Force
Ranks of the PLA Navy
Ranks of the PLA Air Force
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The Central Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China,[1] and was founded on 1 February 2016.[2] Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region.[3]
The International Institute for Strategic Studies attributes to the command of 300,000 personnel, consisting of three group armies 81st Group Army, 82nd Group Army, 83rd Group Army (Formerly 27th Army, 38th Army, and the 65th Army), two armoured divisions, one mechanised infantry division, five motorised divisions, one artillery division, three armoured, seven motorised infantry, four artillery, a total of five various anti-aircraft brigades, and one anti-tank regiment.[4] The command is also augmented by the PLA Beijing Garrison, which consists of the 1st Guard and the 3rd Guard Divisions, and the Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion and Color Guard Company, both of them are charged with public duties, and is also home to the PLA Navy (PLAN) North Sea Fleet and the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) 10th Air Force Corps.
In addition to guarding the capital, the CTC is the main military theater command in charge of training key personnel for leadership positions through the numerous military academies in the region.[citation needed]
^Zhen, Liu (January 4, 2018). "Xi Jinping calls for battle readiness as troops stage massive winter drills across China". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Dressed in a winter camouflage uniform and flanked by the other members of the supreme Central Military Commission, Xi issued the call from a military base in the Central Theatre Command, one of the country's five military zones, as troops in 4,000 sites across the country took part in simultaneous drills in the armed forces' annual new year exercises on Wednesday.
^"President Xi announces establishment of five PLA theater commands". Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2019. A grand inauguration ceremony was held to mark the founding of the five theater commands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2016....and Han Weiguo and Yin Fanglong, commander and political commissar of the Central Theater Command....
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