Shaanxi Military District

The Shaanxi Military District (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陕西省军区; full name People's Liberation Army Shaanxi Military District or PLA Shaanxi Military District) is a military district of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission in China.

Shaanxi Military District
中国人民解放军陕西省军区
Founded	November 30, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-11-30)
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Type	Military district
Role	Command and control
Part of	People's Liberation Army
Headquarters	Xi'an, Shaanxi
Commanders
Commander	Major general (shaojiang) Zhao Tianxiang [zh]
Political Commisar	Major general (shaojiang) Tang Shuhai [zh]
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军陕西省军区
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍陝西省軍區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Shǎnxīshěng Jūnqū

History

Shaanxi Military District was established on 30 November 1949.

Organization

The main functions of the Shaanxi Provincial Military District are to be fully responsible for the militia, reserve, military recruitment, military service, mobilization, and urban garrison tasks within the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province. At the same time, the Military District is also the military affairs department of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the military service work agency of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. As such, it is under dual leadership: on the national military side from the Central Military Commission through the National Defense Mobilization Department, and on the provincial side, under the leadership of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP and the Shaanxi Provincial Government.^[1]

The Secretary of the Shaanxi CCP Committee concurrently serves as the First Political Commissar of the Provincial Military District or as the First Secretary of the Military District Party Committee (depending on his military status), while the Governor of Shaanxi Province concurrently serves as the Director of the Shaanxi Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; and either the Commander or the Political Commissar of the Provincial Military District serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi CCP Committee, while both the Commander and the Political Commissar concurrently serve as Deputy Directors of the Shaanxi Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee.^[2]

Agency Structure

Shaanxi Military District internal departments:

• Headquarters Department [司令部]
• Political Work Department [政治部]
• Logistics Department [后勤部]
• Equipment Department [装备部]

Shaanxi Military District subordinate units:

• Xi'an Garrison Area [西安警备区]^[3]
• Yulin Military Sub-district [榆林军分区]^[4]
• Yan'an Military Sub-district [延安军分区]^[5]
• Tongchuan Military Sub-district [铜川军分区]
• Weinan Military Sub-district [渭南军分区]^[6]
• Xianyang Military Sub-district [咸阳军分区]^[7]
• Baoji Military Sub-district [宝鸡军分区]^[8]
• Shangluo Military Sub-district [商洛军分区]^[9]
• Hanzhong Military Sub-district [汉中军分区]^[10]
• Ankang Military Sub-district [安康军分区]^[11]

Leaders

Commanders

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Yang Dezhi	杨得志	December 1949	December 1950
Liu Jinxuan [zh]	刘金轩	December 1950	June 1952
Yang Jiarui [zh]	杨嘉瑞	June 1952	September 1963
Hu Bingyun [zh]	胡炳云	September 1963	March 1967
Huang Jingyao [zh]	黄经耀	March 1967	May 1977
Hu Bingyun [zh]	胡炳云	May 1977	May 1980
Sun Hongdao [zh]	孙洪道	May 1980	May 1983
Ji Tingbi [zh]	冀廷璧	May 1983	August 1985
Wang Xibin	王希斌	August 1985	June 1990
Wang Zhicheng [zh]	王志成	June 1990	December 1994
Du Donghai [zh]	杜东海	December 1994	July 1999
Qiu Yanhan [zh]	邱衍汉	July 1999	October 2000
Ma Diankui [zh]	马殿魁	October 2000	October 2002
Chen Shibao [zh]	陈时宝	October 2002	January 2008
Cheng Bing [zh]	程兵	January 2008	October 2011
Guo Jingzhou [zh]	郭景洲	October 2011	July 2013	[12]
Gao Longfu [zh]	高龙福	July 2013	June 2017	[13]
Yang Zhibin [zh]	杨志斌	June 2017	July 2021	[14]
Zhao Tianxiang [zh]	赵天翔	July 2021		[15]

Political commissars

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Li Zhimin	李志民	December 1949	December 1950
Ma Mingfang	马明方	January 1950	October 1952
Pan Zili	潘自力	October 1952	October 1954
Zhang Desheng	张德生	October 1954	March 1965
Hu Yaobang	胡耀邦	March 1965	October 1965
Huo Shilian	霍士廉	October 1965	May 1968
Li Ruishan	李瑞山	June 1969	December 1978
Ma Wenrui	马文瑞	March 1979	August 1984
Bai Jinian	白纪年	August 1984	August 1987
Zhao Huanzhi [zh]	赵焕职	August 1987	February 1992
Zhao Lianchen [zh]	赵连臣	February 1992	April 1998
Lei Xingping [zh]	雷星平	April 1998	July 2002
Kong Ying [zh]	孔瑛	July 2002	July 2003
Wang Zhenxi [zh]	王振西	December 2003	July 2006
Xia Longxiang [zh]	夏龙祥	July 2006	December 2010
Duan Jinhu [zh]	段进虎	December 2010	September 2012
Lin Miaoxin [zh]	林淼鑫	September 2012	July 2014
Wu Yude [zh]	武玉德	July 2014	May 2018	[16][17]
Li Yang [zh]	李阳	May 2018		[18]
Tang Shuhai [zh]	唐书海			[19]

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