People's Liberation Army General Staff Department

The People's Liberation Army General Staff Department (GSD; simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军总参谋部; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍總參謀部; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Zǒngcānmóubù) is the former command organ and the headquarters for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. It was under the absolute leadership of the Central Military Commission. Its duties included PLA Operations Command, Recruitments, Mobilizations, Formation, Trainings and Administration. The PLA General Staff Headquarters was located in Beijing and its last commander was General Fang Fenghui.

The department was disbanded in January 2016 and its operations were consolidated into the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.

List of departments

• Combat Operation Command
• Combat Communications
• Military Intelligence
• Mobilization
• Electronic Warfare
• Foreign Relations
• Management

List of Chiefs of General Staff

• Su Yu (粟裕): 1954–58
• Huang Kecheng (黄克诚): 1958–59
• Luo Ruiqing (罗瑞卿): 1959–66
• Yang Chengwu (杨成武): 1966–68 (acting)
• Huang Yongsheng (黄永胜): 1968–71
• vacant: 1971–75
• Deng Xiaoping (邓小平): 1975–80
• Yang Dezhi (杨得志): 1980–87
• Chi Haotian (迟浩田): 1987–92
• Zhang Wannian (张万年): 1992–95
• Fu Quanyou (傅全有): 1995–2002
• Liang Guanglie (梁光烈): 2002–2007
• Chen Bingde: (陈炳德): 2007–2012
• Fang Fenghui: (房峰辉): 2012–2016
• Department Defunct