The Shanghai Garrison Command (; full name People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison Command or PLA Shanghai Garrison Command) is a military district of the

National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission The National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission is a first-level organ under the Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission, at the People's Liberation Army Unit Grade System, deputy theater ...

in China.

History

On 29 May 1949, the Songhu Garrison Command () was officially established, with Commander

Song Shilun Song Shilun (; 1907–1991), né Song Jiyao (宋际尧, named from Chinese legendary King Yao), was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army. He graduated from Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Chinese Civil War, Seco ...

, Political Commissar Guo Huaruo, and Chief of Staff Tan Jian, which is the predecessor of Shanghai Garrison Command. On 31 October 1955, the

Ministry of National Defense A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divide ...

decided to expand the establishment of the Shanghai Police Area under the Nanjing Military Area Command based on the security forces of the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covered all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shangh ...

and part of the Songhu Police Area Command. On November 4, it was officially named the "People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison Command" ().

Leaders

Commanders

Political commissars

References

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