Structure

The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) operates under the command authority of the Central Military Commission through theater commands (TC). The People's Liberation Army (PLA) theater commands are joint operation commands that hold extensive controls over the PLA Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Rocket Force, and the Strategic Support Force. Theater commands are defense-orientated tactical, political, and bureaucratic organizations entrusted to operate in different geographic areas of China. They are responsible for developing strategy, tactics, and policy specific for their respective areas, and they are directly in charge of responding to security threats within their assigned regions. Under each theater commands, the Army theater headquarters are responsible for the tactical operations inside the theater, and are capable of conducting joint-operations with supports from other service branches. In parallel to the theater commands, PLAGF General Staff Department, the headquarter of the Army, holds the dual chain of commands to its units in peacetime, managing administrative tasks and duties. In war time, it's likely that theater commands will hold the exclusive—command authority over the Army components