People's Liberation Army Beijing Garrison District is a military district of corps grade (正军级) under the direct jurisdiction of the PLA Army HQ and the

Central Military Commission Central Military Commission may refer to: *Central Military Commission (China), the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China. *Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the highest body in Vietnam ...

. The Garrison is responsible for the defense of the city of

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, the protection of all the state institutions in the capital, military mobilization in case of war, and civilian-military relations.

History

The Beijing Garrison District was created from the old

Beijing Military Region The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid-1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, ...

in August of 2016, as part of the 2015 reforms. Due to the importance of the capital, and the sensitivity of its military affairs, the garrison was given its own military district, distinct to the

Central Theater Command The Central Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region. The International Inst ...

, and was placed directly under the control of the Central Military Commission. Another peculiarity, only shared with the

Xinjiang Military District The Xinjiang Military District (新疆军区) is a special military area of the PLA at the Theater Deputy-grade.(副战区级). It is one of three districts (Tibet and Beijing being the other two) that are directly under the Central Military C ...

, is that Beijing units preserved their traditional division/regiment structure rather than become brigades as elsewhere in the PLA.

Subordinate Units

As of 2022, the Beijing Garrison District controlled the following units: * 17th Guards Regiment (警卫第十七团) * 1st Guards Division (警卫第一师) Stationed at Fuxing Road,

Haidian District Haidian () is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering Xicheng, Beijing, Xicheng and Fengtai, Beijing, Fengtai. It is in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing area (after Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang), and is home ...

** 3rd Guards Regiment (警卫第三团) ** 4th Guards Regiment (警卫第四团) ** 5th Guards Regiment (警卫第五团) ** 6th Guards Regiment (警卫第六团) **

Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion The Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion (), officially the PLA Honour Guard, is a ceremonial Guard of honour, honour guard and specialised unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is composed of representatives of the People's Liberation ...

(仪仗大队) * 3rd Guard Division (警卫第三师) Stationed in Tongzhou District ** 11th Guards Regiment (警卫第十一团) "Tiger Regiment" ** 13th Guards Regiment (警卫第十三团) ** 14th Guards Regiment (警卫第十四团) ** 15th Guards Regiment (警卫第十五团) ** Artillery Regiment (炮兵团) ** Anti-Aircraft Regiment (高炮团) ** Support Regiment (支援保障团)

Citations

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