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.  

戰區

戰區是本戰略方向的唯一最高聯合作戰指揮機構，按照平戰一體、常態運行、專司主營、精干高效的要求，履行聯合作戰指揮職能，擔負應對本戰略方向安全威脅、維護和平、遏制戰爭、打贏戰爭的使命。2016年2月1日，習近平向各戰區授予軍旗并發布訓令，中國人民解放軍新的戰區正式成立。新的戰區劃設為東部戰區、南部戰區、西部戰區、北部戰區、中部戰區。重新調整劃設戰區，組建戰區聯合作戰指揮機構，是全面實施改革強軍戰略的標志性舉措，是構建聯合作戰體系的歷史性進展，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。