The 47th Group Army was a group army (corps-sized formation) of the

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It was stationed at

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as part of the

Lanzhou Military Region The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Ngari Prefecture in n ...

.陆军第47集团军历史沿革
/ref> It was disbanded in 2016-17, during the Chinese military reforms which had begun two years earlier. The 160th Division was created in March 1949 basing on the 1st Training Division of

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. The division became a part of 47th Corps. In August 1949 the division was disbanded.

Officers

Commanders

Liang Xingchu Liang Xingchu (; 23 August 1913 – 5 October 1985) was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. General Liang commanded the 38th group army during the Korean War. He died in Beijing } Bei ...

: 1948-May 1949 * Cao Lihuai: 1949-1952 * Zhang Tianyun: 1952-1956 * Li Huamin: 1956-1960 * Yan Deming: 1960-1964 *

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: 1964-1975 * Hu Bohua: 1975-1980 * Zhang Defu: 1980 * Dong Zhanlin: 1985 * Qian Shugen: 1985-1992 *

Guo Boxiong Guo Boxiong (born July 1942) is a former general of the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military council, between 2002 and 2012. During the same period he also he ...

: 1992-1994 * Zou Gengwang: 1996-2000 *

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: 2000-2002 *

Xu Fenlin Xu Fenlin (; born July 1953) is a retired general ('' shangjiang'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the final Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region ...

: 2002-2003 *

Peng Yong Peng Yong (; born January 1954) is a retired lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') in the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as commander of the Xinjiang Military District. Originally from Lulong County, Hebei, Peng joined the military i ...

: 2003-2011 * Cao Yimin: 2011-2013 * Zhang Lianyi: 2013–present

Political commissars

* Zhou Chiping * Li Renlin * Liu Xianquan * Chen Fahong * Sun Zheng

References

{{Corps and Armies of the People's Liberation Army Field armies of the People's Liberation Army Lanzhou Military Region Military units and formations established in 1949 Military units and formations disestablished in 2017