Western Theater Command

西部战区

西部戰區

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xībù zhànqū

The Western Theater Command is one of the five war zones of People's Liberation Army, was founded in February 1, 2016, its predecessor are the Chengdu Military Region and Lanzhou Military Region. The headquarter of Western Theater Command is located in Chengdu, Sichuan

Its jurisdiction includes Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Chongqing.Its commander is Gen. Zhao Zongqi and political commissar is Gen. Zhu Fuxi (at appointment time he was Lt. Gen.).

In May 2016, the PRC raised the rank and status of its western Tibet Military Command to widen its scope for missions and combat preparedness, in a move analysts in Beijing said was aimed in part at fortifying the border with India.^[1] The Xinjiang Military Command may also be elevated in the future, the report said. Both commands are under the newly created Western Theater Command, the largest of five newly reorganised military regions of the PLA. The Party-run Global Times reported the change would allow the command “to shoulder more combat assignments”.

References

↑ "Eye on India, China raises Tibet military command rank | Central Tibetan Administration". tibet.net. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

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