14th Group Army

14th Corps (1949-60) 14th Army Corps (1960-85) 14th Army (1985-2017)
Active	1949.2-2017.4
Country
Part of	Southern Theater Command
Garrison/HQ	Kunming, Yunan
Engagements	Chinese Civil War, 1959 Tibetan uprising, Sino-Vietnamese War

14th Corps (Chinese: 第14军) was activated on February 14, 1949 basing on 4th Column of Zhongyuan Field Army and defecting Republic of China Army 110th Division. The corps commander was Li Chengfang, political commissar - Lei Rongtian.

The Corps was composed of 40th, 41st and 42nd Divisions.

During the Chinese Civil War, the corps took part in Guangdong Campaign and Xichang Campaign. From March 1950 the corps stationed in Yunnan province until its inactivation.

In 1959, elements from the corps took part in the crackdown on 1959 Tibetan uprising.

In April 1960, the corps was renamed as 14th Army Corps(Chinese: 陆军第14军). By then the corps was composed of:

In late 1969, 116th Artillery Regiment and 39th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment were renamed as Artillery Regiment, 14th Army Corps and Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 14th Army Corps, respectively.

In July 1975, 14th Army Corps, especially its 42nd Army Division, took part in the crackdown on Shadian incident as the main assault force, during which the PLA killed over 1000 Hui Muslim fighters with a loss of over 120 KIA.

Known units/elements from 14th Army Corps took part in the incident:

In February to March 1979, 14th Army Corps took part in the Sino-Vietnamese War. During the 25-day-long campaign the army corps thrust 48-80 km into the Vietnamese territory, seized the city of Lào Cai and secured the bridgehead across the Red River.

In 1982, Tank Regiment, 14th Army Corps was activated.

In April 1984 the army corps launched the Battle of Laoshan and the Battle of Zheyinshan.

In September 1985 the army corps was reorganized as 14th Army(Chinese: 第14集团军). The army was then composed of:

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