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The Jinan Military Region is a military administrative command located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also form military districts. It is considered a strategic reserve. It includes some of the area previously within the Wuhan Military Region, disbanded in 1985-88.
There are three Group Armies within the Region, the 20th Army at Kaifeng, the 26th at Laiyang, and the 54th in Xinxiang. It previously included the now disbanded 67th Group Army.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies attributes the formation with 190,000 personnel, including two armoured divisions, one mechanised infantry division, three motorised infantry divisions, one artillery division, one armoured brigade, one mechanised infantry brigade, four motorised infantry brigades, two artillery brigades, three anti-aircraft brigades, and an anti-tank regiment.
However the People's Liberation Army Ground Force are still reorganising their formations, and numbers of divisions and brigades should be considered indicative.
Known formations include the 127th Mechanised Infantry Division within 54th Group Army, at Luoyang, a ready reaction unit, and the 11th Armoured Brigade with 20th Group Army at Xuchang.

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Sources and External Links

Sources and External Links

★ International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2006

★ Chapter 8, PLA Ground Forces, by Dennis J Blasko, in The People's Liberation Army as Organisation, RAND, CF182

★ www.sinodefence.com