Dennis J. Blasko's 'The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century' listed formations within the Nanjing MR as: •
1st Group Army (Huzhou, Zhejiang) •
12th Group Army (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) •
34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Chuzhou (Sanjie)), Anhui •
36th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Xinye, Jiangsu) •
179th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Nanjiang, Jiangsu) ('Linfen Brigade') •
2nd Armored Division (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) • Artillery Brigade (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) • Air Defence Brigade (Huai'an, Jiangsu) •
31st Group Army (Xiamen, Fujian) •
86th Motorized Infantry Division (Fuzhou, Fujian) •
91st Motorized Infantry Division (Zhangzhou, Fujian) •
92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian) • Amphibious Armoured Brigade (Zhangzhou, Fujian) •
3rd Artillery Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian) • 13th Air Defence Brigade (Xiamen, Fujian) • 10th Army Aviation Regiment (Xiamen, Fujian) • Flying Dragon Special Operations Dadui (Zhangzhou, Fujian) • Shanghai Garrison • Two coastal defence brigades • Other Units subordinate to MD or MR • 31st Pontoon Bridge Brigade, Jiangsu MD Among listed
People's Liberation Army Air Force units in the region before the transition to the
Eastern Theater Command were the
3rd Fighter Division,
10th Bomber Division, flying the H-6, the
14th Fighter Division, the
28th Attack Division, the
29th Fighter Division, and the 3rd Independent Regiment. The 32nd Air Division at
Rugao became the Military Region Air Force Training Base. In the early 1990s over 1000 surplus fighters were stored at Rugao. The 4th Air Corps was established in Shanghai in August 1952, though Whitson indicates that Nieh F'eng-chih took command of the 4th Air Corps in late 1950s. The unit was later changed to the Shanghai Command Post. In the early 1950s, two divisions from the
29th Corps were transferred to the 4th Air Corps. In 1993, it became the Shanghai Base. The
5th Air Corps moved to
Hangzhou by 1954, but was abolished in April 1976. Its command staff were moved to
Kunming and the Kunming MRAF CP retitled the 5th Air Corps. == List of commanders ==