The Tibet Military District is a military district of the
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF; ) is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army and the largest and oldest branch of the entire Chinese armed forces. The PLAGF can trace its lineage from 1927 as the Chine ...
. It was first established in 1952, possibly from elements previously part of the
18th Corps. In December 1968 it became part of the
Chengdu Military Region
The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...
.
The former Tibet Military Region was reduced to the status of a district in 1971.
[Resistance and Reform in Tibet
By Robert Barnett, Shirin Akiner, 296.]
Current formation
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52nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade (山地合成第52旅)
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53rd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade (山地合成第53旅)
*54th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (重型合成第54旅)
*85th Special Operation Brigade (特战第85旅)
*85th Army Aviation Brigade (陆航第85旅)
*85th Artillery Brigade (炮兵第85旅)
*85th Air-Defense Brigade (防空第85旅)
*85th Engineer and Chemical Brigade (工化第85旅)
*7th Electronic Countermeasure Brigade (电子对抗第7旅)
*351st Border-Defense Regiment (边防第351团)
*352nd Border-Defense Regiment (边防第352团)
*353rd Border-Defense Regiment (边防第353团)
*354th Border-Defense Regiment (边防第354团)
*355th Border-Defense Regiment (边防第355团)
*356th Border-Defense Regiment (边防第356团)
*357th Border-Defense Regiment (边防第357团)
*358th Border-Defense Regiment (边防第358团)
Commanders
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Zhang Guohua Zhang may refer to:
Chinese culture, etc.
* Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname
** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname
* Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu
* Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan
* ''Zha ...
, February 1952 - July 1968
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Zeng Yongya, July 1968 - November 1970
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Chen Mingyi, November 1970 - November 1973
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Qie Jinwu, November 1973 - May 1978
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Zhang Guirong, May 1978 - August 1983
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Jiang Hongquan, August 1983 - September 1992
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Zhou Wenbi, September 1992 - September 1996
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Meng Jinxi, September 1996 - August 2004
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Dong Guishan
Dong Guishan (; born July 1946) is a retired lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China, who served as commander of the PLA Tibet Military District from 2004 to 2008.
Biography
Born in Xiping Count ...
, August 2004 - July 2008
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Shu Yutai, July 2008 - December 2009
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Yang Jinshan
Yang Jinshan (; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of Tibet Military District from December ...
, December 2009 - July 2013
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Xu Yong, July 2013 - December 2019
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Wang Haijiang, December 2019 - March 2021
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Wang Kai, (Since March 2021)
References
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Military districts of the People's Republic of China
Military units and formations established in the 1970s