The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force ( zh, s=中国人民解放军陆军司令员, p=Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the
commanding officer
The commanding officer (CO) or commander, or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually give ...
of the
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF), also referred to as the PLA Army, is the army, land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and also its largest and oldest branch. The PLAGF can trace its lineage from 192 ...
. The current commander is General
Li Qiaoming.
History
The position was created following the
2015 military reform, which saw major changes to the PLA structure. Prior to the reform, leadership was split between four departments under the
Central Military Commission Central Military Commission may refer to:
*Central Military Commission (China), the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China.
*Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the highest body in Vietnam ...
(
General Political,
General Logistics,
General Armament and
General Staff Departments).
List of commanders
References
{{Chief of the army by country
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...