Lanzhou Military Region
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The Lanzhou Military Region is one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directs all military and armed police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi. The Ali area of northwest Tibet also falls under this Region. It is bordered to the south by the Chengdu Military Region, and to the north by Mongolia, the Altai Republic, which is a province of the Russian Federation, and Kazakhstan.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies attributes the Region with an estimated 220,000 personnel, a single armoured division, two motorised infantry divisions, one artillery division, one armoured, two motorised infantry, one artillery, one anti-aircraft brigades plus a single anti-tank regiment. It should be noted however that due to on-going reorganisation and reductions virtually all figures for numbers of Chinese military formations should be taken as indicative only.
The Region includes 2 Group Armies (the 21st at Baoji and the 47th at Lintong) plus two Armed Police Units (the 7th and 63rd). Known smaller formations include the 12th Armoured Division ('84701 Unit') at Jiuquan, Gansu and the 11th Highland Motorised Infantry Division reportedly either at Urumqi or in the Karakoram Mountains (Blasko 2000).
[edit] Current Officers[1]
- Wang Guosheng (Commander), since July 2007
- Guan Kai (Deputy Commander) since April 2006
- Guo Hongchao (Deputy Commander) since September 2006
- Qiu Yanhan (Deputy Commander) since January 2002 (CC member)
- Zhao Jianzhong (Deputy Commander) since July 2007
- Zheng Shouzeng (Deputy Commander) since March 2000
- Zhu Qingyi (Deputy Commander) since September 2006
- Zou Gengren (Deputy Commander) since August 2000
- Liu Yuejun (Chief-of-Staff) Since October 2007 (CCa member)
- Li Changcai (Political Officer), since September 2007
- Liu Zhenqi (Deputy Political Commissar ) since August 2004
- Tao Fanggui (Deputy Political Commissar ) since August 2002
- Wang Jianxiang (Deputy Political Commissar ) since February 2005
- Zhang Qiuxiang (Deputy Political Commissar ) since December 2003
- Wang Jianmin (Political Department Director) Since July 2006
[edit] Sources and External Links
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2006
- Chapter 8, PLA Ground Forces, by Dennis J Blasko, in The People's Liberation Army as Organisation, RAND, CF182
- www.sinodefence.com
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