Shenyang military area command
(Leading and commanding the armed forces in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and the eastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Commander Chang Wanquan (promoted by the Chief of Staff of Beijing Military Region at the end of 2004)
Political commissar Huang (unchanged)
Beijing Military Region
(Leading and commanding the armies of Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Beijing and Tianjin)
Commander Fang Fenghui (former Chief of Staff of Guangzhou Military Region) Original position: General Zhu Qi.
General Fu Tinggui, political commissar (unchanged)
Lanzhou military region
(Leading and commanding the armed forces in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang)
Lieutenant General Wang Guosheng (former Chief of Staff of Lanzhou Military Region) Former post: General Li Qianyuan.
Political commissar Li (former deputy political commissar of Nanjing Military Region) Former post: General Yu Linxiang.
Jinan military area command
(Leading and commanding the armed forces under Shandong and Henan provinces)
Commander Lieutenant General Fan Changlong (former Assistant to the Chief of Staff, took office in 2004)
General Liu Dongdong, political commissar (unchanged)
Nanjing Military Region
(Leading and commanding troops in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi and Shanghai)
Commander Zhao (former Chief of Staff of Nanjing Military Region) Former position: General.
Political commissar Chen Guoling (former deputy political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region) Former position: General Lei.
Guangzhou Military Region
(Leading and commanding the armed forces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces (regions))
Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng (former Deputy Chief of Staff of China People's Liberation Army) Former position: General Liu Zhenwu.
Lieutenant General Zhang Yang, Political Commissar (former Director of Political Department of Guangzhou Military Region) Former post: General Yang Deqing.
Chengdu Military Region
(Leading and commanding the armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet and Chongqing)
Lieutenant General Commander Li Shiming (former Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region) Former post: General Wang Jianmin.
Lieutenant General Zhang Haiyang, political commissar (unchanged)