It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commander of the Jinan MR, from 1958[citation needed].

It included some of the area previously within the Wuhan Military Region, which was disbanded in 1985–88.

The 5th Air Corps was established in Weifeng, Shandong Province, in 1952, possibly from the disbanding 11th Corps, but was moved to Hangzhou in the Nanjing Military Region by 1954.

[1] After 1975 the 46th Army was transferred from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province to Linyi, Shandong.

Organizations affiliated with the Jinan Military Region often used the nickname "vanguard" (Chinese: 前卫; pinyin: qiánweì; lit.