Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force

The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The current commander is General Li Qiaoming.

Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
中国人民解放军陆军司令员 (Chinese)
Flag of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Incumbent Li Qiaoming since September 2022
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type	Commanding officer
Reports to	Chief of the Joint Staff
Appointer	Military Chairman
Formation	January 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01)
First holder	Li Zuocheng

History

The position was created following the 2015 military reform, which saw major changes to the PLA structure. Prior to the reform, leadership was split between four departments under the Central Military Commission (General Political, General Logistics, General Armament and General Staff Departments).^[1]

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		General Li Zuocheng (born 1953)	1 January 2016	August 2017	1 year, 7 months	[2]
2		General Han Weiguo (born 1956)	August 2017	June 2021	3 years, 10 months	[3]
3		General Liu Zhenli (born 1964)	June 2021	September 2022	1 year, 3 months	[4]
4		General Li Qiaoming (born 1961)	September 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 11 months	[5]