Overview
The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid-1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Region was mainly responsible for defending the People's Republic of China from Mongolia and Russia, and also protected the capital of China, and had the largest number of military personnel of any of the seven regions active from 1985 to 2017. The Region was disbanded and superseded by the Central Theater Command and Northern Theater Command in 2017.