# Shaanxi Military District

The Shaanxi Military District (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陕西省军区; full name People's Liberation Army Shaanxi Military District or PLA Shaanxi Military District) is a military district of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission in China.

## History

Shaanxi Military District was established on 30 November 1949.

## Organization

The main functions of the Shaanxi Provincial Military District are to be fully responsible for the militia, reserve, military recruitment, military service, mobilization, and urban garrison tasks within the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province. At the same time, the Military District is also the military affairs department of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the military service work agency of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. As such, it is under dual leadership: on the national military side from the Central Military Commission through the National Defense Mobilization Department, and on the provincial side, under the leadership of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP and the Shaanxi Provincial Government.
The Secretary of the Shaanxi CCP Committee concurrently serves as the First Political Commissar of the Provincial Military District or as the First Secretary of the Military District Party Committee (depending on his military status), while the Governor of Shaanxi Province concurrently serves as the Director of the Shaanxi Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; and either the Commander or the Political Commissar of the Provincial Military District serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi CCP Committee, while both the Commander and the Political Commissar concurrently serve as Deputy Directors of the Shaanxi Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee.

### Agency Structure

Shaanxi Military District internal departments:
* Headquarters Department [司令部]
* Political Work Department [政治部]
* Logistics Department [后勤部]
* Equipment Department [装备部]
Shaanxi Military District subordinate units:
* Xi'an Garrison Area [西安警备区]
* Yulin Military Sub-district [榆林军分区]
* Yan'an Military Sub-district [延安军分区]
* Tongchuan Military Sub-district [铜川军分区]
* Weinan Military Sub-district [渭南军分区]
* Xianyang Military Sub-district [咸阳军分区]
* Baoji Military Sub-district [宝鸡军分区]
* Shangluo Military Sub-district [商洛军分区]
* Hanzhong Military Sub-district [汉中军分区]
* Ankang Military Sub-district [安康军分区]

## Leaders
### Commanders

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends |
| Yang Dezhi | 杨得志 | December 1949 | December 1950 |
| Liu Jinxuan [zh] | 刘金轩 | December 1950 | June 1952 |
| Yang Jiarui [zh] | 杨嘉瑞 | June 1952 | September 1963 |
| Hu Bingyun [zh] | 胡炳云 | September 1963 | March 1967 |
| Huang Jingyao [zh] | 黄经耀 | March 1967 | May 1977 |
| Hu Bingyun [zh] | 胡炳云 | May 1977 | May 1980 |
| Sun Hongdao [zh] | 孙洪道 | May 1980 | May 1983 |
| Ji Tingbi [zh] | 冀廷璧 | May 1983 | August 1985 |
| Wang Xibin | 王希斌 | August 1985 | June 1990 |
| Wang Zhicheng [zh] | 王志成 | June 1990 | December 1994 |
| Du Donghai [zh] | 杜东海 | December 1994 | July 1999 |
| Qiu Yanhan [zh] | 邱衍汉 | July 1999 | October 2000 |
| Ma Diankui [zh] | 马殿魁 | October 2000 | October 2002 |
| Chen Shibao [zh] | 陈时宝 | October 2002 | January 2008 |
| Cheng Bing [zh] | 程兵 | January 2008 | October 2011 |
| Guo Jingzhou [zh] | 郭景洲 | October 2011 | July 2013 |
| Gao Longfu [zh] | 高龙福 | July 2013 | June 2017 |
| Yang Zhibin [zh] | 杨志斌 | June 2017 | July 2021 |
| Zhao Tianxiang [zh] | 赵天翔 | July 2021 | |

### Political commissars

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends |
| Li Zhimin | 李志民 | December 1949 | December 1950 |
| Ma Mingfang | 马明方 | January 1950 | October 1952 |
| Pan Zili | 潘自力 | October 1952 | October 1954 |
| Zhang Desheng | 张德生 | October 1954 | March 1965 |
| Hu Yaobang | 胡耀邦 | March 1965 | October 1965 |
| Huo Shilian | 霍士廉 | October 1965 | May 1968 |
| Li Ruishan | 李瑞山 | June 1969 | December 1978 |
| Ma Wenrui | 马文瑞 | March 1979 | August 1984 |
| Bai Jinian | 白纪年 | August 1984 | August 1987 |
| Zhao Huanzhi [zh] | 赵焕职 | August 1987 | February 1992 |
| Zhao Lianchen [zh] | 赵连臣 | February 1992 | April 1998 |
| Lei Xingping [zh] | 雷星平 | April 1998 | July 2002 |
| Kong Ying [zh] | 孔瑛 | July 2002 | July 2003 |
| Wang Zhenxi [zh] | 王振西 | December 2003 | July 2006 |
| Xia Longxiang [zh] | 夏龙祥 | July 2006 | December 2010 |
| Duan Jinhu [zh] | 段进虎 | December 2010 | September 2012 |
| Lin Miaoxin [zh] | 林淼鑫 | September 2012 | July 2014 |
| Wu Yude [zh] | 武玉德 | July 2014 | May 2018 |
| Li Yang [zh] | 李阳 | May 2018 | |
| Tang Shuhai [zh] | 唐书海 | | |