Commander of the PLA Ground Force

Commander of the PLA Ground Force
中国人民解放军陆军司令员
Incumbent Li Qiaoming since September 2022
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type	Commanding officer
Reports to	Chief of the Joint Staff
Appointer	Military Chairman
Formation	January 2016; 7 years ago (2016-01)
First holder	Li Zuocheng

The Commander of the PLA Ground Force (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The current commander is General Liu Zhenli.

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List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		General Li Zuocheng (born 1953)	January 2016	August 2017	1 year, 7 months	^[1]
2		General Han Weiguo (born 1956)	August 2017	June 2021	3 years, 10 months	^[2]
3		General Liu Zhenli (born 1964)	June 2021	September 2022	1 year, 3 months	^[3]
4		General Li Qiaoming (born 1961)	September 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 2 months	^[4]

^ 李作成出任解放军陆军司令员刘雷任陆军政委 [Li Zuocheng appointed as PLA army commander Liu Lei appointed as army political commissar]. Sina. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
^ 韩卫国上将已履新陆军司令员接替李作成上将 [Admiral Han Weiguo has taken up the post of commander of the new army to replace Admiral Li Zuocheng]. Tencent. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Yu Hui (余晖) (5 July 2021). 四位将军同时晋升上将！职务均系首次披露. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "China promotes General Li Qiaoming to commander of PLA ground force". South China Morning Post. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

General

Branches

Ground Force structure equipment	Infantry [zh] Armored forces [zh] Artillery [zh] Air defense [zh] Aviation [zh] aircraft Engineers [zh] Chemical defense [zh] Special operations units Xinjiang Military District Tibet Military District Beijing Garrison
Navy organization weaponry history	Branches: Surface Force ships aircraft carriers Submarine Force Coastal Defense Force Naval Air Force aircraft Marine Corps special operations units Fleets: North Sea Fleet East Sea Fleet South Sea Fleet
Air Force	Aviation aircraft airbases Air Defense Airborne Corps special operations units
Rocket Force	Missile operation units Rocket Force corps of engineers [zh] Special operations units
Strategic Support Force	Space Systems Department [zh] Astronaut Corps astronauts Deep Space Network Network Systems Department [zh]
Joint Logistics Support Force [zh]	Wuhan JLS Base [zh] Wuxi JLS Center [zh] Guilin JLS Center [zh] Xining JLS Center [zh] Shenyang JLS Center [zh] Zhengzhou JLS Center [zh] PLA General Hospital 307 Hospital

Administration

Central Military Commission	Chairman supreme commander Vice-Chairmen General Office Joint Staff Department Intelligence Bureau Guard Bureau Guard Unit Political Work Department Logistic Support Department Equipment Development Department Manned Space Agency Training and Administration Department National Defense Mobilization Department Discipline Inspection Commission Political and Legal Affairs Commission Science and Technology Commission Office for Strategic Planning Office for Reform and Organizational Structure Office for International Military Cooperation Audit Office Agency for Offices Administration
Theater Commands	Eastern Southern Hong Kong Macau Western Xinjiang Tibet Northern Central Beijing
Military regions (defunct)	Shenyang Beijing Lanzhou Jinan Nanjing Guangzhou Chengdu

Insignia

Ranks

Decorations

v t e Military decorations of the People's Liberation Army
before 1949	Red Star Medal [zh] (1933-1934, by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army)
1950s	August 1 Medal (1955-1957) Order of Independence and Freedom (1955-1957) Order of Liberation (1955-1962)
1970-1980s	Medal of Heroic Exemplar (1979-2011) Honor Merit Medal of Red Star (1988) Honor Merit Medal of Independence (1988) Honor Merit Medal of Victory (1988)
1990-2000s	Guard of Republic Bronze Medal Guard of Capital Medal Guard of Lhasa Medal Medal of Rebellion Calm Down
2010s	Order of Heroic Exemplar (2011-2018) Medal of Heroic Exemplar (2018-2022)
Current	August 1 Medal Meritorious Service Medal Medal of National Defense Service Medal of Guarding the Frontiers Medal of Devotion for National Defense Medal of Peace Mission Medal of Performing Combat/Vital Mission

Uniform

Other topics

PLA institutions	Academy of Military Science National Defence University National University of Defense Technology Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army PLA Air Force Aviation University
PLA publications	PLA Daily August First Film Studio CCTV-7 The Science of Military Strategy Defense White Paper
Paramilitary forces (non-PLA)	People's Armed Police China Coast Guard Special police units Snow Leopard Commando Unit Mountain Eagle Commando Unit Militia Maritime Militia Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Contractors	China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation China North Industries Corporation China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Poly Technologies Seven Sons of National Defence

Chiefs of the army by country

Africa

Former

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Former	Confederate States

Asia

Former

Europe

Former

Oceania

This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 13:26