The People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China has had many divisions since it was officially established in 1949. However, a growing number of land and air combat divisions have been disbanded in favour of brigades, a process largely completed by the time the 2015 PLA reforms were implemented around 2017. Infantry divisions 1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division – 1st Group Army, Nanjing Military Region. Listed in Federation of American Scientists (FAS). (now active as 1st Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade) 1st Guard Division – , Central Theater Command 2nd Infantry Division – division transferred to the People's Armed Police to become the 8690 Unit (often referred to as the 2nd Armed Police Mobile Division) in the 1990s. 3rd Division (1st Formation) of the 1st Group Army was deactivated in 1952. 3rd Division (2nd Formation) was formed in May 1969 and now active as 7th Armed Police Mobile Division. 3rd Division (3rd Formation) was renamed from the 7th Division in December 1969 and is now active as 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade. 4th Division – Xinjiang Military District, Lanzhou Military Region 5th Division (1st Formation) is now the 5th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division. 5th Division (2nd Formation) was reduced to a brigade in 1985. 6th Division (1st Formation) is now 2nd Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division. 6th Division (2nd Formation) – Lanzhou Military Region. 7th Division (1st Formation) is now 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade. 7th Division (2nd Formation) is now the 7th Armed Police Mobile Division. 8th Division (1st Formation) was disbanded in 1952 when the 3rd Corps was merged into the 1st Corps. 8th Division (2nd Formation) was formed in 1969 from 1st Cavalry Division. It's now 8th Motorized Infantry Division. 9th Division - disbanded in 1952. 10th Division - disbanded in 1952. 11th Motorized Infantry Division - Western Theater Command, formerly Lanzhou MR. Military district. 12th Division 13th Division 14th Division 15th Division 16th Division 17th Division 18th Division 19th Division 20th Division First formation 1949-50, became 7th Artillery Training Base. Reformed. 21st Division 22nd Division 23rd Division 24th Division 25th Division - In May 1953, the 25th, 26th and 27th Divisions of the 9th Corps were reorganized as 7th, 8th and 9th Agriculture Construction Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, respectively. 26th Division 27th Division 28th Division - 28th Army Division to 1969. Then redesignated 205th Division. 29th Division – with 15th Army served in Korean