Shanghai Garrison Command

The Shanghai Garrison Command (Chinese: 中国人民解放军上海警备区; 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 in China.

Shanghai Garrison Command
中国人民解放军上海警备区
Founded	May 6, 1949; 76 years ago (1949-05-06)
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Type	Garrison command
Role	Command and control
Part of	People's Liberation Army
Headquarters	Shanghai
Commanders
Commander	Major general (shaojiang) Chen Binglian [zh]
Political Commisar	Major general (shaojiang) Hu Shijun [zh]
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军上海警备区
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍上海警備區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Shànghǎi Jǐngbèiqū
Former name
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军淞沪警备司令部
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍淞滬警備司令部
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Soōnghù Jǐngbèi Sīlìngbù

History

On 29 May 1949, the Songhu Garrison Command (中国人民解放军淞沪警备司令部) was officially established, with Commander Song Shilun, Political Commissar Guo Huaruo, and Chief of Staff Tan Jian, which is the predecessor of Shanghai Garrison Command.^[1]

On 31 October 1955, the Ministry of National Defense 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 and part of the Songhu Police Area Command.^[1] On November 4, it was officially named the "People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison Command" (中国人民解放军上海警备区).^[1]

Leaders

Commanders

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Song Shilun	宋时轮	May 1949	August 1949	[1]
Guo Huaruo	郭化若	August 1949	August 1955	[1]
Wang Bicheng [zh]	王必成	August 1955	November 1960	[1]
Rao Zijian [zh]	饶子健	November 1960	May 1965	[1]
Liao Zhengguo [zh]	廖政国	May 1965	April 1970	[1]
Zhou Chunlin [zh]	周纯麟	April 1970	May 1978	[1]
He Yixiang [zh]	何以祥	May 1978	June 1981	[1]
Wang Jingkun [zh]	王景昆	June 1981	May 1983	[1]
Guo Tao	郭涛	May 1983	June 1985	[1]
Ba Zhongtan	巴忠倓	August 1985	June 1990	[1]
Xu Wenyi [zh]	徐文义	June 1990	December 1995	[1]
Wang Wenhui [zh]	王文惠	December 1995	June 2005	[2]
Wang Qinhong [zh]	江勤宏	June 2005	April 2010	[3]
Peng Shuigen [zh]	彭水根	April 2010	March 2014	[4]
He Weidong	何卫东	March 2014	July 2016	[5]
Zhang Xiaoming [zh]	张晓明	August 2016	October 2020	[6]
Liu Jie [zh]	刘杰	October 2020	August 2024	[7]
Chen Binglian [zh]	陈连兵	August 2024		[8]

Political commissars

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Guo Huaruo	郭化若	May 1949	November 1950	[1]
Li Shiying [zh]	李士英	November 1950	June 1952	[1]
Xu Jianguo	许建国	June 1952	December 1953	[1]
Liang Guobin [zh]	梁国斌	December 1953	October 1955	[1]
Ke Qingshi	柯庆施	October 1955	November 1958	First Political Commissar[1]
Chen Pixian	陈丕显	October 1955	November 1958	Second Political Commissar[1]
Chen Pixian	陈丕显	November 1958	May 1967	First Political Commissar[1]
Qin Hualong [zh]	秦化龙	May 1960	April 1964	Second Political Commissar[1]
Liu Wenxue [zh]	刘文学	March 1962	May 1978	Third Political Commissar[1]
Wang Liusheng [zh]	王六生	July 1964	May 1965	Second Political Commissar[1]
Li Shiyan [zh]	李世焱	August 1965	October 1969	Second Political Commissar[1]
Zhang Chunqiao	张春桥	May 1967	October 1976	First Political Commissar[1]
Liu Yaozong [zh]	刘耀宗	August 1969	May 1978	[1]
Wang Hongwen	王洪文	September 1971	October 1976	[1]
Li Baoqi [zh]	李宝奇	October 1975	January 1981	[1]
Peng Chong	彭冲	July 1978	June 1980	First Political Commissar[1]
Chen Guodong	陈国栋	June 1980	June 1985	[1]
Zhang Chen [zh]	章尘	December 1980	May 1983	[1]
Ping Changxi [zh]	平昌喜	May 1983	June 1987	[1]
Yang Zhifan [zh]	杨志泛	June 1987	September 1989	[1]
Zhu Xiaochu [zh]	朱晓初	June 1990	March 1994	[1]
Wang Chuanyou [zh]	王传友	March 1994	April 2000	[1]
Zhang Lizhi [zh]	张立志	April 2000	June 2003	[9]
Dai Changyou [zh]	戴长友	June 2003	November 2006	[10][11]
Wu Qi [zh]	吴齐	November 2006	February 2009	[12]
Li Guangjin	李光金	May 2009	July 2010	[13]
Zhu Zhengping [zh]	朱争平	July 2010	March 2013	[14]
Zhu Shengling	朱生岭	March 2013	December 2014	[15]
Ma Jiali [zh]	马家利	May 2015	May 2017	[16]
Ling Xi [zh]	凌希	May 2017	July 2021	[17]
Xue Hongwei [zh]	薛宏伟	July 2021	June 2022	[18]
Hu Shijun [zh]	胡世军	January 2023		[19]