80th Group Army

80th Group Army
第八十集团军
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch People's Liberation Army Ground Force
TypeGroup army
Part ofNorthern Theater Command
Garrison/HQWeifang, Shandong
EngagementsWorld War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Hao Xingchen
Political CommissarMajor General Zhen Yanbo
Insignia
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The 80th Group Army (Chinese: 第八十集团军; pinyin: Dì Bāshí Jítuánjūn), Unit 31673, formerly the 26th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 80th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.[1]

  1. ^ Burke, Edmund J. (February 4, 2019). "Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces" (PDF). National Defense University Press.