The 79th Group Army (Chinese: 第七十九集团军; pinyin: Dì Qīshíjiǔ Jítuánjūn), Unit 31671, formerly the 39th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF).

The 79th 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 Northern Theater Command.

[2] In April 1953, the corps returned from North Korea and redeployed at Liaoyang, Liaoning Province.

In 1996, the 117th Infantry Division detached from the army to become a People's Armed Police unit.

Tank Regiment, 114th Infantry Division was put under direct control by the army until 1998, when it was disbanded.