11th Corps (People's Liberation Army)

11th Corps (1949-52) 11th Army Corps (1969-85)
Active	1949.3-1950.7, 1951.1-1952.10, 1969.11-1985.12
Country
Part of	Kunming Military Region
Garrison/HQ	Dali, Yunnan
Engagements	Chinese Civil War, Sino-Vietnamese War

The 11th Corps(Chinese: 第11军) was a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army from the 1940s, and during the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. It was stationed in the Kunming Military Region.

The 11th Corps was activated on March 1, 1949 from 3rd Column, Zhongyuan Field Army. In March-December 1949 it was part of Ch'en Tsi-Lien's 3rd Army of the Second Field Army. The Corps was composed of the 31st Division, 32nd Division and 33rd Division. During the war its commander was Chen Jiagui, and Political Commissar-Zhang Qi.

In early 1950 the corps was stationed in eastern Sichuan Province. During its deployment in Sichuan the corps supported 18th Corps' invasion of Tibet.

In July 1950 the corps was inactivated. Headquarters, 11th Corps was transferred to the Navy's control and converted as Qingdao Naval Base (now North Sea Fleet).

In January 1951, 31st Division was detached and transferred to 12th Corps control, which later moved into Korea as a part of People's Volunteer Army.

In March, 32nd and 33rd Division moved to Langfang, Hebei. In July, 11th Corps (2nd Formation) was activate from 32nd, 33rd and 182nd Divisions.

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