The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in

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, and

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. It also covers

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, which is claimed by the

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but administered by the Republic of China. The head of the region was Cai Yingting. This region is now part of the

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. The 60th Corps was active in the Nanjing Military Region until disbanded in late 1985. In 2005, the

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listed the formation with an estimated 250,000 personnel, three group armies (1st, 12th, and 31st Group Armies), two armoured, one mechanised infantry, three motorised infantry, and one artillery division. There were also one armoured, four motorised infantry, two artillery, three anti-aircraft brigades, plus an anti-tank regiment. The headquarters for the

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were located within the region, at

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Tentative order of battle 2013

Dennis J. Blasko's 'The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century' listed formations within the Nanjing MR as: *

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(Huzhou, Zhejiang) *

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(Xuzhou, Jiangsu) ** 34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Chuzhou (Sanjie)), Anhui ** 36th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Xinye, Jiangsu) ** 179th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Nanjiang, Jiangsu) ('Linfen Brigade') ** 2nd Armored Division (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) **Artillery Brigade (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) **Air Defence Brigade (Huai'an, Jiangsu) *

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(Xiamen, Fujian) ** 86th Motorized Infantry Division (Fuzhou, Fujian) ** 91st Motorized Infantry Division (Zhangzhou, Fujian) ** 92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian) **Amphibious Armoured Brigade (Zhangzhou, Fujian) ** 3rd Artillery Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian) **13th Air Defence Brigade (Xiamen, Fujian) **10th Army Aviation Regiment (Xiamen, Fujian) **Flying Dragon Special Operations Dadui (Zhangzhou, Fujian) *Shanghai Garrison **Two coastal defence brigades *Other Units subordinate to MD or MR **31st Pontoon Bridge Brigade, Jiangsu MD Among listed

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units in the region before the transition to the

were the 3rd Fighter Division, 10th Bomber Division, flying the H-6, the 14th Fighter Division, the 28th Attack Division, the

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, and the 3rd Independent Regiment. The 32nd Air Division at

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became the Military Region Air Force Training Base. In the early 1990s over 1000 surplus fighters were stored at Rugao. The 4th Air Corps was established in Shanghai in August 1952, though Whitson indicates that Nieh F'eng-chih took command of the 4th Air Corps in late 1950s. The unit was later changed to the Shanghai Command Post. In the early 1950s, two divisions from the 29th Corps were transferred to the 4th Air Corps. In 1993, it became the Shanghai Base. The 5th Air Corps moved to

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by 1954, but was abolished in April 1976.Allen RAND 2002, 444. Its command staff were moved to Kunming and the Kunming MRAF CP retitled the 5th Air Corps.

List of commanders

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* Ding Sheng * Nie Fengzhi *

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* Gu Hui *

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Liang Guanglie Liang Guanglie (, also spelled as Liang Kuang-lieh; born December 1940 in Santai, Mianyang, Sichuan) is a retired general and former Minister for National Defense in the People's Republic of China. Life and career Liang joined the army in ...

* Zhu Wenquan *

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, 2007−12 * Cai Yingting, 2012−16

Nickname

Organizations affiliated with the Nanjing Military Region often use the nickname "frontline" (), including the Frontline Performance Troupe () and the ''People's Frontline'' () newspaper.

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* {{coord missing, China Military regions of the People's Liberation Army Military units and formations established in 1954 Military units and formations disestablished in 2016