The Nanjing Military Region
is one of seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army

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. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

, Jiangsu

Jiangsu

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

, Zhejiang

Zhejiang

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, Jiangxi

Jiangxi

' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

, Fujian

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

, and Shanghai

Shanghai

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. It also covers Taiwan

Taiwan

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, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 but administered by the Republic of China

Republic of China

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. The current head of the region is Zhao Keshi

Zhao Keshi

Zhao Keshi is a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. He is originally from Gaoyang County in Hebei province. He is the current head of the Nanjing Military Region.-Biography:Zhao joined the army in 1968...

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The International Institute for Strategic Studies

International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a British research institute in the area of international affairs. It describes itself as "the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict"...

 lists the formation with an estimated 250,000 personnel, three group armies, two armoured, one mechanised infantry, three motorised infantry, and one artillery division. There are also one armoured, four motorised infantry, two artillery, three anti-aircraft brigades, plus an anti-tank regiment.

The headquarters for the East Sea Fleet

East Sea Fleet

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 are located within the region, at Ningbo

Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

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Current Officers

• Zhao Keshi
  Zhao Keshi
  Zhao Keshi is a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. He is originally from Gaoyang County in Hebei province. He is the current head of the Nanjing Military Region.-Biography:Zhao joined the army in 1968...
  
  (Commander), since July 2007

Jiang Jianzeng (Deputy Commander) since October 2005

Lin Bingyao (Deputy Commander) since November 2001

Wang Hongguang (Deputy Commander) since December 2005

Wang Jiaocheng (Deputy Commander) since January 2008

Xu Chengyun (Deputy Commander) since November 2005

Xu Hongmeng (Deputy Commander) since June 2006

Xu Xiaoyan (Deputy Commander) since October 2005

Zhao Guojun (Deputy Commander) since March 2003

Cai Yingting (Chief-of-Staff) Since September 2007

• Chen Guoling
  Chen Guoling
  Chen Guoling is a general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, and the current political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region.-Biography:...
  
   (Political Officer), since July 2007

Gao Wusheng (Deputy Political Commissar ) since July 2005

Wang Wei (Deputy Political Commissar ) since September 2006

Xiong Ziren (Deputy Political Commissar ) since January 2003

Xu Jianzhong (Deputy Political Commissar ) since January 2006

Sources

International Institute for Strategic Studies

International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a British research institute in the area of international affairs. It describes itself as "the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict"...

, the Military Balance 2005-6, Routledge, 2005, p.272