# Shanghai Garrison Command

The Shanghai Garrison Command (Chinese: 中国人民解放军上海警备区; full name People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison Command or PLA Shanghai Garrison Command) is a military district of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission in China.

## History

On 29 May 1949, the Songhu Garrison Command (中国人民解放军淞沪警备司令部) was officially established, with Commander Song Shilun, Political Commissar Guo Huaruo, and Chief of Staff Tan Jian, which is the predecessor of Shanghai Garrison Command.
On 31 October 1955, the Ministry of National Defense decided to expand the establishment of the Shanghai Police Area under the Nanjing Military Area Command based on the security forces of the Nanjing Military Region and part of the Songhu Police Area Command. On November 4, it was officially named the "People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison Command" (中国人民解放军上海警备区).

## Leaders
### Commanders

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends |
| Song Shilun | 宋时轮 | May 1949 | August 1949 |
| Guo Huaruo | 郭化若 | August 1949 | August 1955 |
| Wang Bicheng [zh] | 王必成 | August 1955 | November 1960 |
| Rao Zijian [zh] | 饶子健 | November 1960 | May 1965 |
| Liao Zhengguo [zh] | 廖政国 | May 1965 | April 1970 |
| Zhou Chunlin [zh] | 周纯麟 | April 1970 | May 1978 |
| He Yixiang [zh] | 何以祥 | May 1978 | June 1981 |
| Wang Jingkun [zh] | 王景昆 | June 1981 | May 1983 |
| Guo Tao | 郭涛 | May 1983 | June 1985 |
| Ba Zhongtan | 巴忠倓 | August 1985 | June 1990 |
| Xu Wenyi [zh] | 徐文义 | June 1990 | December 1995 |
| Wang Wenhui [zh] | 王文惠 | December 1995 | June 2005 |
| Wang Qinhong [zh] | 江勤宏 | June 2005 | April 2010 |
| Peng Shuigen [zh] | 彭水根 | April 2010 | March 2014 |
| He Weidong | 何卫东 | March 2014 | July 2016 |
| Zhang Xiaoming [zh] | 张晓明 | August 2016 | October 2020 |
| Liu Jie [zh] | 刘杰 | October 2020 | August 2024 |
| Chen Binglian [zh] | 陈连兵 | August 2024 | |

### Political commissars

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Note |
| Guo Huaruo | 郭化若 | May 1949 | November 1950 | |
| Li Shiying [zh] | 李士英 | November 1950 | June 1952 | |
| Xu Jianguo | 许建国 | June 1952 | December 1953 | |
| Liang Guobin [zh] | 梁国斌 | December 1953 | October 1955 | |
| Ke Qingshi | 柯庆施 | October 1955 | November 1958 | First Political Commissar |
| Chen Pixian | 陈丕显 | October 1955 | November 1958 | Second Political Commissar |
| Chen Pixian | 陈丕显 | November 1958 | May 1967 | First Political Commissar |
| Qin Hualong [zh] | 秦化龙 | May 1960 | April 1964 | Second Political Commissar |
| Liu Wenxue [zh] | 刘文学 | March 1962 | May 1978 | Third Political Commissar |
| Wang Liusheng [zh] | 王六生 | July 1964 | May 1965 | Second Political Commissar |
| Li Shiyan [zh] | 李世焱 | August 1965 | October 1969 | Second Political Commissar |
| Zhang Chunqiao | 张春桥 | May 1967 | October 1976 | First Political Commissar |
| Liu Yaozong [zh] | 刘耀宗 | August 1969 | May 1978 | |
| Wang Hongwen | 王洪文 | September 1971 | October 1976 | |
| Li Baoqi [zh] | 李宝奇 | October 1975 | January 1981 | |
| Peng Chong | 彭冲 | July 1978 | June 1980 | First Political Commissar |
| Chen Guodong | 陈国栋 | June 1980 | June 1985 | |
| Zhang Chen [zh] | 章尘 | December 1980 | May 1983 | |
| Ping Changxi [zh] | 平昌喜 | May 1983 | June 1987 | |
| Yang Zhifan [zh] | 杨志泛 | June 1987 | September 1989 | |
| Zhu Xiaochu [zh] | 朱晓初 | June 1990 | March 1994 | |
| Wang Chuanyou [zh] | 王传友 | March 1994 | April 2000 | |
| Zhang Lizhi [zh] | 张立志 | April 2000 | June 2003 | |
| Dai Changyou [zh] | 戴长友 | June 2003 | November 2006 | |
| Wu Qi [zh] | 吴齐 | November 2006 | February 2009 | |
| Li Guangjin [zh] | 李光金 | May 2009 | July 2010 | |
| Zhu Zhengping [zh] | 朱争平 | July 2010 | March 2013 | |
| Zhu Shengling | 朱生岭 | March 2013 | December 2014 | |
| Ma Jiali [zh] | 马家利 | May 2015 | May 2017 | |
| Ling Xi [zh] | 凌希 | May 2017 | July 2021 | |
| Xue Hongwei [zh] | 薛宏伟 | July 2021 | June 2022 | |
| Hu Shijun [zh] | 胡世军 | January 2023 | | |