Editing People's Liberation Army (section)

==== Ground Force ====
[[File:ZTZ-99A tank 20170902.jpg|thumb|A [[Type 99 tank|Type 99A]] main battle tank in service with the PLAGF]]
{{Main|People's Liberation Army Ground Force}}

The PLA Ground Force (PLAGF) is the largest of the PLA's five services with 975,000 active duty personnel, approximately half of the PLA's total manpower of around 2 million personnel.<ref name="Studies2020" />{{Rp|page=260}} The PLAGF is organized into twelve active duty group armies sequentially numbered from the [[71st Group Army]] to the [[83rd Group Army]] which are distributed to each of the PRC's five theatre commands, receiving two to three group armies per command. In wartime, numerous PLAGF [[Military reserve force|reserve]] and [[paramilitary]] units may be mobilized to augment these active group armies. The PLAGF [[People's Liberation Army Reserve Force|reserve]] component comprises approximately 510,000 personnel divided into thirty infantry and twelve anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) divisions. The PLAGF is led by Commander [[Liu Zhenli (general)|Liu Zhenli]] and Political Commissar [[Qin Shutong]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jia Nan ({{lang|zh|贾楠}}) |date=5 July 2021 |script-title=zh:4人晋升上将！ |language=zh |work=Sina |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-07-05/doc-ikqcfnca5103262.shtml |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184318/https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-07-05/doc-ikqcfnca5103262.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>