The PLA was established on August 1, 1927, and consisted of land forces only in its early days. The Army is responsible primarily for military operations on land. At present, the Army has no independent leading organ, and the functions of the leading organ are exercised by the four general headquarters/ departments. The seven military area commands, namely, those of Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu, exercise direct leadership over the Army units under their command.

• Air-ground coordination drill in severe winter
  
  
• Comprehensive exercise in unfamiliar land
  
  
• Forward acceptance and evacuation of the wounded by helicopter
  
  
• Slogging through snow to toughen up spirit
  
  
• Over 500 college-graduated soldiers enrolled into new fighter ground maintenance support system
  
  
• Specialized "Blue Army" serves as whetstone in transformation drill
  
  
• Armored regiment prepares backbones for annual training program in new year
  
  
• Shenyang MAC unit develops power-operated stack-transfer car
  
  
• Armored division highlights informationalization training
  
  
• Advanced models comparing notes with grassroots servicemen
  
  
• AA gun regiment in live-fire drill
  
  
• Emergency medical support drill in session
  
  
• General communication station fosters new talents in scientific research
  
  
• Medical staff on training to deal with chemical incident
  
  
• Night flight training with night -vision device
  
  
• Mechanized infantry brigade debuts trans-regional long-distance maneuver in organic whole
  
  
• Armored division applies scientific training methods to enhance training effectiveness
  
  
• Integration of new and old equipment boosts combat effectiveness
  
  
• Artillery regiment solves problems in operational information management
  
  
• Leader and staff engaged in discussion about fighting methods
  
  
• Armored detachment marches to drilling ground
  
  
• Training on surmounting obstacles
  
  
• Regiment of Shenyang MAC develops "fighting capability evaluation system"
  
  
• "No-man watch tower" settles down in northern border
  
  
• Giving awards out to training pacesetters
  
  
• Giving awards out to training pacesetters
  
  
• Mechanized division puts IT results into training
  
  
• New Year's greetings to people all over the country
  
  
• New Year's greetings to people all over the country
  
  
• Radar brigade solves thorny problems in forming mobile radar net
  
  
• Group army fosters new type of talented military elites
  
  
• Rapid mobility training in complicated areas
  
  
• Regiment of Shenyang MAC opens "Sunshine NCO Selection Website"
  
  
• Going through fire barrier training
  
  
• Soldiers on vehicle cleansing and sterilizing training
  
  
• Laying oil pipeline on water
  
  
• Armored regiment in training
  
  
• Off-base aviation fuel joint service support implemented by Shenyang MAC depot
  
  
• Air landing training in session
  
  
• Shenyang army aviation regiment trains pilots under extreme conditions
  
  
• Afforestation in arid area
  
  
• Group army of Shenyang MAC tempers commanders’ combat spirit
  
  
• Group training in frosty condition
  
  
• Dance with strong military flavor
  
  
• Tempering troops’ willpower in snow-covered field
  
  
• Live ammunition practice
  
  
• Braving heavy snow to carry out field drills
  
  
• Mechanized division gets excellent results in comprehensive support exercise
  
  
• Field rush repair support
  
  
• Conducting exercise in snow-covered area
  
  
• Five Tibetan officers and men become pacemakers
  
  
• New recruits company can now do shopping online
  
  
• Group refueling time
  
  
• An artillery firing exercise
  
  
• On training
  
  
• 500 veterans display their excellent skills on training ground
  
  
• Conducting scientific examination on daily supplied foods
  
  
• Crossing fire-barrier
  
  
• Service company in physical training
  
  
• Study military tactics to meet needs of actual fighting
  
  
• An air-ground coordination drill
  
  
• Rich and colorful cultural life in barracks
  
  
• Laying a solid foundation for fighting future information warfare
  
  
• Night training of "Red Ninth Company"
  
  
• Toughening up troops in night training
  
  
• Enriching cultural life in field training
  
  
• Big pumpkins grown in barracks
  
  
• The first simulated training ground for flood fighting built in Shenyang MAC
  
  
• Scientific innovation helps to pave the runway for new fighters
  
  
• Hard working spirit underlined in armored regiment
  
  
• Engineer regiment trains hard to hone waterway transport support capabilities
  
  
• Ambulance dispatched for sending a candidate to examination site
  
  
• Pontoon-bridge regiment enhances flood-fighting capability
  
  
• Shenyang MAC surveying group boosts its scientific research by IT
  
  
• Dynamic management of armored equipment conducted in a military unit
  
  
• Ordnance depot installs visual monitoring system
  
  
• A story about tree-planting at wedding ceremony
  
  
• First postdoctoral working station of Shenyang MAC opens to business
  
  
• A soldier hastens home for funeral, civilians makes way for him in a traffic jam
  
  
• The training of information technology talents is emphasized
  
  
• Building up field adaptability in a world of snow
  
  
• A virtuous and capable wife of a serviceman
  
  
• Boosting operational capability under harsh weather conditions
  
  
• Rich and colorful recreational activities for recruits
  
  
• IT application stressed in training
  
  
• Shenyang MAC division builds an integrated fighting mode