Northern Theater Command

Military regional command of China

Military unit

The Northern Theater Command (Chinese: 北方战区; pinyin: Běifāng Zhànqū) is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region, Jinan Military Region and Beijing Military Region. Its headquarters is in the Heping District of Shenyang, Liaoning Province.^[1] The Northern Theater Command shares borders with North Korea, Russia and Mongolia.

Area of responsibility

The Northern Theater Command's Area of Responsibility (AOR) consists of Mongolia, Russian Siberia, Korea and Japan, as well as the Bohai Bay, Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan.^[2]

Organizational structure

The Northern Theater Command consists of the following components:

• Northern Theater Command Ground Force (North Sea Fleet), located at Jinan, Shandong^[3][4]
  • 78th Group Army (Harbin, Heilongjiang, formerly 16th Group Army);
  • 79th Group Army (Shenyang, Liaoning, formerly 39th Group Army);
  • 80th Group Army (Weifang, Shandong, formerly 26th Group Army).
• Northern Theater Command Navy, headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong.
  • Huludao Naval Base
  • Jianggezhuang Naval Base
  • Lüshun Naval Base
  • Dalian Base
  • Yantai Base
  • Yuchi Naval Base
• Northern Theater Command Air Force, headquartered at Shenyang, Liaoning.

78th Group Army

79th Group Army

80th Group Army

List of leaders

Commanders

Political commissars

See also

• Northern Theater Command Ground Force
• Northern Theater Command Air Force
• Northern Theater Command Navy/North Sea Fleet

Notes

1. "ifeng （in chinese）".
2. "ifeng(in chinese)".
3. Jamwal, Jaidev (2021-01-27). "Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 3: Ground Forces". अरे यायावर रहेगा याद?. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
4. "PLA orbat update, Northern Theater Command (78th, 79th and 80th GA)".

External links

• Jamestown Foundation, https://jamestown.org/program/strategic-assessment-chinas-northern-theater-command/