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Western Theater Command
西部战区
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
Part of
People's Liberation Army
Headquarters
Chengdu, Sichuan
Website
Official website (in English)
Commanders
Commander
General Wang Haijiang
Political Commisar
General Li Fengbiao
Chief of Staff
General Zhang Jian
Insignia
Sleeve insignia
Military unit
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 Western Theater Command (Chinese: 西部战区; pinyin: Xībù zhànqū) is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016.
Its jurisdiction includes Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Chongqing.[1] Guizhou is also sometimes listed as part of the command.[1] Its current commander since August 2021 is General Wang Haijiang.[2] Its current political commissar is General Li Fengbiao.
In May 2016, the PRC raised the rank and status of its western Tibet Military Command to widen its scope for missions and combat preparedness, in a move analysts in Beijing said was aimed in part at fortifying the border with India.[3] The Xinjiang Military Command may also be elevated in the future, the report said. Both commands are under the newly created Western Theater Command, the largest of five newly reorganised military regions of the PLA. The Chinese Communist Party-run tabloid Global Times reported the change would allow the command “to shoulder more combat assignments”.[3]
^ abSumit Ganguly; Andrew Scobell; Joseph Chinyong Liow, eds. (2017). The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1315455631. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
^"Chinese President Xi appoints new General for PLA's Western Theatre Command amidst Ladakh standoff". economictimes. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ ab"Eye on India, China raises Tibet military command rank | Central Tibetan Administration". tibet.net. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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