| Unit Name: | 14th Corps (1949-60) 14th Army Corps (1960-85) 14th Army (1985-2017) |
| Dates: | February 1949–April 2017 (inactive) |
| Command Structure: | Southern Theater Command |
| Garrison: | Kunming, Yunnan |
| Battles: | Chinese Civil War 1959 Tibetan uprising Vietnam War Sino-Vietnamese War |
The 14th Army was an army level formation of the People's Liberation Army.
14th Corps 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 the 40th, the 41st, and the 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 . 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:
From February to March 1979, the 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 . The army was then composed of:
In September 1992 42nd Infantry Division was disbanded.
In October 1996, 41st Infantry Division was transferred to People's Armed Police's control as 41st Armed Police Mobile Division.
In 1998, Tank Brigade, 14th Army was renamed as Armored Brigade, 14th Army.
In late 2011, Armored Brigade, 14th Army was redesignated as 18th Armored Brigade.
In late 2013, both the 31st Infantry Division and 40th Infantry Division were split into two brigades. The army became an "all-brigade" formation.
From 2014 to 2016, the army was composed of:
In April 2017 the army was inactivated. Most of its compositions were inherited by 75th Army.