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Southern Theater Command Ground Force
Southern Theater Command Ground Force is the Chinese Army, ground force under the Southern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Nanning, Guangxi. The current commander is and the current political commissar is . History The Southern Theater Command Ground Force was officially established on 31 December 2015 with the troops of former Guangzhou Military Region and Nanjing Military Region. Functional departments * General Staff * Political Work Department * Logistics Department * Equipment department * Disciplinary Inspection Committee Directly subordinate functional units * * * Directly subordinate combat units Group army * 74th Group Army (stationed in Huizhou, Guangdong) * 75th Group Army (stationed in Kunming, Yunnan) Directly Subordinate Units * 2nd Reconnaissance Intelligence Brigade (情報偵察第2旅) * 2nd Information Support Brigade （信息保障第2旅） * 2nd Electronic Warfare Brigade （電子对抗第2旅） * 2nd Long Range Rocket Artillery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serve The People
"Serve the People" () is a political slogan and the motto of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It originates from the title of a speech by Mao Zedong, delivered in September 1944. The slogan became popular in the United States due to the strong Maoist influence on the New Left, especially among the Red Guard Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Yellow Brotherhood of West Los Angeles. Development Mao Zedong wrote this speech to commemorate the death of a PLA soldier, Zhang Side, a participant in the Long March who died in the collapse of a kiln when he worked in Shaanxi province. In the speech, Mao quoted a phrase written by the famous Han dynasty historian Sima Qian: "Though death befalls all men alike, it may be heavy as Mount Tai or light as a feather" (人固有一死，或轻于鸿毛，或重于泰山). Mao continued: "To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai, but to work for the fascists and die for the exploiters and oppressors is lighter than a feather. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
75th Group Army
The 75th Group Army (), Unit 31663, formerly the 41st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 75th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of two assigned to the nation's Southern Theater Command. Organization Pre-2017 *121st Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade () *122nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade () *123th Mechanzied Infantry Division () *15th Armored Brigade () *Artillery Brigade () *Air-Defense Brigade () *Army Aviation Regiment () *Boat Regiment () *Chemical-Defense Regiment () *Engineer Regiment () Post-2017 * 31st Heavy Combined Arms Brigade () (equipped with Type 96A tanks, ZBD-04 IFVs) * 32nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade () * () * () * () - Stationed in Guilin, equipped with ZBL-08 The Type 08 ( zh, c=08式轮式装甲车族 , p=Líng bā Shì lúnshì zhuāngjiǎchē zú, l=Type 08 wheeled arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 previously within the Kunming Military Region and has its headquarters in Chengdu. It was probably established in 1955. The Tibet Military Region was reduced to the status of a district in 1971. The region was disbanded during the 2015 People's Republic of China military reform and become part of the Western Theater Command. Organisation In 2005, the International Institute for Strategic Studies attributed the region with some 180,000 personnel, with four motorised infantry divisions, one artillery division, two armoured brigades, one artillery brigade, and two anti-aircraft brigades. Blasko estimated in 2013 that the region consisted of the: * 13th Group Army ( :zh:中国人民解放军第13集团军) ** 37th Infantry Division ('Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Lü
Bai Lü (; born September 1961) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Bai was born in Ying County, Shanxi, in September 1961. After resumption of college entrance examination in 1979, he entered Shanxi University, majoring in philosophy. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1983, and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in February 1984. He served in the Shanxi Military District and the Beijing Military Region from 1984 to 1993, and the Nanjing Military Region from 1993 to 2005. He was made political commissar of the 1st Division of the 1st Group Army in August 2005. In April 2008, he was assigned as director of Political Department of the 12th Group Army, and was elevated to political commissar in February 2011. He was recalled to the original 1st G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dehong Dai And Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in western Yunnan province, China. It is bordered by Baoshan to the east and Myanmar's Kachin State to the west. Its titular ethnic minorities are the Dai and Jingpo, who make up 28 and 11 percent of the prefecture's population, respectively. Etymology Tai Nuea is the origin language of the word "Dehong", in Tai Le script (the script used to write the Tai Nüa language by the Tai Nua people) is written as "", transliterated to Latin as . Dehong means the lower reaches of the Nu River. The Chinese characters for Dehong are "". These two characters are a compound of , "moral" or "value"; and , "magnificent" or "great". History Early history Dianyue and Ailao were the ancient countries recorded in Chinese literature in the Dehong area, and Guozhanbi ( Kawsampi) was an ancient country established by the Dai people and recorded in Dai legends. Dianyue In the history book ''Records of the Grand Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincang
Lincang ( zh, s=临沧 , t=臨滄 , p=Líncāng) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. History Lincang was previously called Baihuai during the Shang dynasty. On December 26, 2003, the state council approved the cancellation of Lincang District and set up prefecture-level Lincang city. Geography and climate Lincang covers latitude 23° 05′－25° 02′ N and longitude 98° 40′－100° 33′ E, thus straddling the Tropic of Cancer in the southern part of its administrative area, or prefecture. It is situated on the middle to lower reaches of the Mekong, known as the Lancang in China, and the Salween, or the Nu. Bordering prefectures are Pu'er to the southeast, and Baoshan and Dali to the northwest. It also borders Burma's Shan State. Elevations within the prefecture range from . Located at an altitude of above and within 30 arc minutes to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, Lincang has a mild subtropical hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Xishuangbanna, sometimes shortened to Banna, is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of Yunnan Province. The autonomous prefecture for Dai people is in the extreme south of Yunnan province, China, bordering both Myanmar and Laos. Xishuangbanna lies at latitude 21°10′-22°40′ and longitude 99°55′-101°50′ east, on the northern edge of the tropics south of the Tropic of Cancer. It has an area of 19,124.5 square kilometers, bordering Pu'er City, Pu'er City to the northeast and northwest, Laos to the Southeast Asia, southeast and Myanmar to the southwest. The border is 966.3 kilometers long, one river connects six countries, and there are four national ports. The prefectural seat is Jinghong, the largest settlement in the area and one that straddles the Mekong, called the "Lancang River" in Chinese. This region of China is noted for the distinct culture of its ethnic groups, which is very different from that of the Han Chinese. The people, architecture, language and cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honghe Hani And Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=红河哈尼族彝族自治州, t=紅河哈尼族彝族自治州, p=Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Hani language, Hani: ; Yi script, Yi: ꉼꉸꉳꆃꁈꆃꁈꊨꏦꍓ) is an autonomous prefecture in Southeast-Central Yunnan, Yunnan Province, China, China–Vietnam border, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai Province, Lào Cai and Lai Châu Province, Lai Châu provinces to the south. Its name is derived from the Hong River, Hong (Red) River and the two major ethnic minority groups who live there: the Yi people, Yi and the Hani people, Hani. Honghe has an area of and its seat is Mengzi City, Mengzi. The total population is 4.8 million, of which 61.3% belong to Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minorities. In 2008, the ''State Administration of Cultural Heritage'' of the People's Republic of China nominated the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields of Yuanyang County, Yunnan, Yuanyang County for World Heritage Site status. It was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingxiang
Pingxiang ( zh, s=萍乡 , t=萍鄉 , p=Píngxiāng, w=P'ing-hsiang) is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in western Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Pingxiang City is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, bordering Yichun and Ji'an of this province to the east and south, and Zhuzhou and Changsha of Hunan to the northwest. Pingxiang has a world-famous history and culture and various natural landscapes. There are a large number of old revolutionary sites such as Zongping Alley, the Anyuan Road Miners Club, the Anyuan Road Miners Consumer Cooperative, the Autumn Harvest Uprising military conference site, and the location of the Red Front Army Front Committee. Natural landscapes include Yilong Cave, Wugong Mountain, Yangqi Mountain, etc. Geography and climate Pingxiang is located between 113°35′～114°17′ east longitude and 27°20′～28°0′ north latitude. Pingxiang City belongs to the hilly area south of the Yangtze River and is dominated by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hainan
Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally means "South of the Sea". The province has a land area of , of which Hainan Island is and the rest is over 200 islands scattered across three archipelagos: Zhongsha Islands, Zhongsha, Xisha Islands, Xisha and Nansha Islands, Nansha. It was part of Guangdong from 1950 to 1988, after which it was made a province of its own and was designated as a special economic zones of China, special economic zone by Deng Xiaoping, as part of the Chinese economic reform program. The Han Han Chinese, Chinese population, who compose a majority of the population at 82%, speak a wide variety of languages including Standard Chinese, Hainanese, Hainam Min, Yue Chinese, Cantonese, Hakka Chinese, etc. Indigenous peoples such as the Hlai people, Hlai, a Kra–Dai l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danzhou
Danzhou ( zh, t=儋州 , p=Dānzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015. History What is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou ( zh, labels=no, t=儋州) in the 12th century and only renamed to Danxian in 1912 after hundreds of years, but later re-obtained its name Danzhou after the Communist takeover in the 1950s. During World War II, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000 Cantonese people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages. Subdivisions Danzhou is a prefecture-level city of the Hainan province. An uncommon administrative feature is that it has no county-level division. The city government directly administers over 17 towns ( zh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhuhai
Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of the Pearl River Delta. Its name literally means "pearl sea", which originates from the city's location at the river mouth, mouth of the Pearl River meeting the South China Sea. Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the west, Zhongshan to the north and Macau to the southeast, and shares maritime boundaries with Shenzhen and Hong Kong to the northeast across the estuary. Zhuhai was one of the original four Special Economic Zones of China, Special Economic Zones established in 1980, as well as one of China's premier tourist destinations, being called the Chinese Riviera. While the city is located in the traditionally Cantonese-speaking province of Guangdong, a significant portion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
