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; 8 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.

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
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, 7 months	[4]

References

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People's Liberation Army

General

• History
• Modernization
• Budget
• Equipment
• Decorations
• Generals
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Information operations and information warfare

Branches

Ground	Structure Equipment Infantry [zh] Armored forces [zh] Artillery [zh] Air defense [zh] Aviation [zh] aircraft Engineers [zh] Chemical defense [zh] Special operations units
Navy	Organization Weaponry History Branches: Surface ships aircraft carriers Submarine Coastal Defense Naval Air aircraft Marine Corps special operations units Fleets: North Sea East Sea South Sea
Air	Aviation aircraft airbases Air Defense Airborne Corps special operations units
Rocket	Missile operation units Rocket Force corps of engineers [zh] Special operations units

Arms

Aerospace	Astronaut Corps astronauts Deep Space Network
Cyberspace	Cyberspace Force Network Systems Department [zh]
Information	Information Support Force
Joint Logistics Support	Wuhan Joint Logistics Support Base [zh]

Structure

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

Ranks

• Ground Force
• Navy
• Air Force

Uniform

• Xingkong (camouflage)
• Type 07
• Type 99 (camouflage)
• Type 97 Service Dress

Institutions

• Academy of Military Science
• National Defence University
• National University of Defense Technology
• Army Command College
• PLA Air Force Aviation University

Publications

• PLA Daily
• August First Film Studio
• CCTV-7
• The Science of Military Strategy
• Defense White Paper

Paramilitary

• 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
• Norinco
• China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation
• China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation
• Poly Technologies
• Seven Sons of National Defence

• Armed conflicts
  • Korean War
• Authorized defense products dealer