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.
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 41st), and the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment at
Chengdu.
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
- Li Shiming (Commander), since September 2007
- Fan Xiaoguang (Deputy Commander) since June 2004
- Fang Dianrong (Deputy Commander) since August 2003
- Gui Quanzhi (Deputy Commander) since September 2002
- Li Zuocheng (Deputy Commander) since January 2008
- Lu Dengming (Deputy Commander) since March 2008
- Meng Jinxi (Deputy......
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