17th Corps (People's Republic of China)

17th Corps (1949-50) 17th Army Corps (1968-73)
Active	1949.3-1950.7, 1968.8-1973.2
Country
Part of	Wuhan Military Region
Garrison/HQ	Xiaochang, Hubei
Engagements	Chinese Civil War

The 17th Corps(Chinese: 第17军) was a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1949-50 and 1968-73.

The 17th Corps was activated in February 1949 from 11th Column, Zhongyuan Field Army. The Corps was composed of the 49th Division, 50th Division and 51st Division. It became part of Yang Yong's 5th Army of the Second Field Army.

The Corps took part in the Chinese Civil War, especially the Huaihai Campaign.

In March 1950 the corps was inactivated and converted as Guizhou Military District (later Guizhou Provincial Military District).

On August 26, 1968, 17th Army Corps(Chinese: 陆军第17军) was activated in Huayuanzhen, Xiaochang, Hubei province. Army corps commander: Zhang Zhiyin(Chinese: 张治银), commissar - Zhang Zhaojian(Chinese: 张昭剑), who was the divisional commissar of 29th Army Division during the Wuhan Incident.

As of its activation, the army corps was composed of:

The formation of the army corps was a result of Wuhan Incident. After the incident, the mutinous Independent Division of Hubei Provincial Military District was quickly disarmed and taken control by 15th Airborne Corps of the PLAAF and affiliated 29th Army Division that under great influence by Lin Biao. The formation of 17th Army Corps was to "strain" the "rogue" independent divisions with "modest" 29th Army Division, and was a footstep forward by the PLAAF to further Lin's influence to the PLA ground force.

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