The Chinese People's Liberation Army Army is divided into five major military regions according to theaters.

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: The same jurisdiction as the original Nanjing Military Region, plus the East China Sea Fleet, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Armed Police within the military region. The headquarters is located in Nanjing, and the army agencies are located in Fuzhou.

The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: including the former Guangzhou Military Region (excluding Hubei Province) and the former Chengdu Military Region's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, as well as the South China Sea Fleet, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Armed Police under its jurisdiction, with its headquarters in Guangzhou , the army agency is stationed in Nanning.

The Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: It was formed by the merger of the original Chengdu Military Region and Lanzhou Military Region (excluding Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi provinces). The headquarters is located in Chengdu and the army agencies are located in Lanzhou.

The Northern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: governs the three eastern provinces plus Inner Mongolia and Shandong (i.e., the former Shenyang Military Region plus Inner Mongolia and Shandong) and the North Sea Fleet, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Armed Police under its jurisdiction. The headquarters is located in Shenyang. Army agencies are stationed in Jinan.

The Central Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: including the current Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region, excluding Inner Mongolia and Shandong, which originally belonged to the Beijing Military Region and the Jinan Military Region, plus Hubei and the Lanzhou Military Region. In Shaanxi, the headquarters is in Beijing and the army agency is in Shijiazhuang.

Historical evolution

Military regions, also known as large military regions, are military first-level organizations set up based on the country’s administrative regions, geographical location, strategic campaign directions, combat tasks, etc., and are strategic areas the highest military leadership command body within the country. Generally named after the location, jurisdiction, geographical location or ordinal number of the leading organ, the military region is responsible for leading and commanding all armed forces in its strategic area and strategic direction during wartime.

Lead and guide the command of contract operations of various services and arms within the jurisdiction in peacetime and the military training, political work, administrative management, and logistics support of the affiliated units, lead the militia, military service mobilization work, and battlefield construction within the jurisdiction, It is the highest-level integrated leading organization of the main arms of our army.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army's major military regions were adjusted many times based on the needs of military struggle and army construction, which were roughly divided into three periods: the six major military regions period in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China; 1955 From 1985 to 1985, it was gradually adjusted from 12 major military regions to 11 major military regions; in 1985, the million-million-strong disarmament was changed to 7 major military regions.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Five Theater Commands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army