List of divisions of the People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China has had many divisions since it was officially established in 1949.

However, a growing number of land and air combat divisions have been disbanded in favour of brigades, a process largely completed by the time the 2015 PLA reforms were implemented around 2017.

The IISS Military Balance 2012 listed nine armoured divisions as part of the People's Liberation Army.

)[45] In the early 1980s it was subordinate to the Tangshan Command Post in the Beijing MR flying J-5s (MiG-17F "Fresco-Cs"?)

[46] On 26 October 1988 the division was reorganized into the Beijing MR Training Base.