Theater Commands

Theater commands are the sole and highest-ranking joint operations command organizations across their respective AOR. Measures have been adopted to build the TCs into permanent, specialized and streamlined ones able to command joint operations in both peacetime and wartime. It is their duty to counter security threats across their AORs, maintain peace, and deter, fight and win wars.

On February 1, 2016, Xi Jinping handed the command flags over to respective TC commanders, marking the formal establishment of the new commands, namely the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Central theater commands. Measures to put in place the TCs and the theater-level command establishments represent an important milestone in defense reform and a giant step toward the creation of a joint operations system. The consequent growth of capabilities will enable the military to better protect national security and prevail in the battlefield.  

戰(zhàn)區(qū)

戰(zhàn)區(qū)是本戰(zhàn)略方向的唯一最高聯(lián)合作戰(zhàn)指揮機構(gòu)，按照平戰(zhàn)一體、常態(tài)運行、專司主營、精干高效的要求，履行聯(lián)合作戰(zhàn)指揮職能，擔(dān)負應(yīng)對本戰(zhàn)略方向安全威脅、維護和平、遏制戰(zhàn)爭、打贏戰(zhàn)爭的使命。2016年2月1日，習(xí)近平向各戰(zhàn)區(qū)授予軍旗并發(fā)布訓(xùn)令，中國人民解放軍新的戰(zhàn)區(qū)正式成立。新的戰(zhàn)區(qū)劃設(shè)為東部戰(zhàn)區(qū)、南部戰(zhàn)區(qū)、西部戰(zhàn)區(qū)、北部戰(zhàn)區(qū)、中部戰(zhàn)區(qū)。重新調(diào)整劃設(shè)戰(zhàn)區(qū)，組建戰(zhàn)區(qū)聯(lián)合作戰(zhàn)指揮機構(gòu)，是全面實施改革強軍戰(zhàn)略的標(biāo)志性舉措，是構(gòu)建聯(lián)合作戰(zhàn)體系的歷史性進展，對確保人民軍隊能打仗、打勝仗，有效維護國家安全，具有重大而深遠的意義。