The Eastern Theater Command (Chinese: 东部战区; pinyin: Dōngbù zhànqū) is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), founded 1 February 2016. It replaced the Nanjing Military Region. The command is headquartered in Nanjing.[1]
Its jurisdiction includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shanghai[1] provinces and the East China Sea to include the Strait of Taiwan.[2][3][4] The Eastern Theater Command is primarily composed three subordinate single-service component commands: the Eastern Theater Army of the PLAGF, the East Sea Fleet of the PLAN, and the Eastern Theater Command Air Force of the PLAAF which conduct combat operations within the command's area of responsibility.[5] Also under the Eastern Theater Command is the Wuxi Joint Logistics Support Center (JSLC) of the CMC's Joint Logistics Support Force which provides logistic and material support to the command and Base 61 of the PLARF which is responsible for missile employment in the Eastern Theater.[5][6][7]
Its commander is General Lin Xiangyang and its political commissar is General Liu Qingsong.[8]
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^Chan, Minnie (12 August 2022). "Taiwan drills: PLA sends in extra troops to back up Eastern Theatre Command". South China Morning Post.
^ abWood, Peter (14 March 2017). Snapshot: China's Eastern Theater Command (Report). The Jamestown Foundation.
^"Annual Report to Congress: Military and security developments involving the PRC 2018" (PDF). Office of Secretary of Defense. 16 May 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^Saunders, Phillip C.; Ding, Arthur S.; Scobell, Andrew; Yang, Andrew N.D.; Wunthnow, Joel (2019). "6". Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms(PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press.
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