81st Group Army

81st Group Army
第八十一集团军
Active1949–present
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch People's Liberation Army Ground Force
TypeGroup army
Part ofCentral Theater Command
Garrison/HQZhangjiakou, Hebei
EngagementsLong March
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Wu Aimin
Political CommissarMajor General Ma Baochuan
Insignia
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The 81st Group Army (Chinese: 第八十一集团军; pinyin: Dì Bāshíyī Jítuánjūn), Unit 31675, formerly the 65th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 81st 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 Central 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.