The Yuwan Soviet Military Region was established in December 1946 and is subordinate to the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region. In February 1949, the 18th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was formed on the basis of the first department of the military region organ, the independent brigade of the military region and the basic cadre regiments of each military sub-district, and the number of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region was abolished.
List of organizational structures and principal leaders at all levels after the establishment of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region:
Commander: Zhang Guohua (Lieutenant General)
Zhang Guohua (1914-1972)
Political Commissar: Wu Zhipu (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the first secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, the chairman of the provincial government, and the governor of the province)
Wu Zhipu (1906-1967)
Chief of Staff: Chen Mingyi (Major General)
Chen Mingyi (1917—2002)
Director of the Political Department: Wang Youping (former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Wang Youping (1910-1995)
Military District Independent Brigade
Brigade Commander: Jin Shaoshan (Major General)
Jin Shaoshan (1915-1957)
Political Commissar: Zhang Taisheng (Major General)
Zhang Taisheng (1913-1981)
Political Commissar: Wei Hongliang (Major General)
Wei Hongliang (1915-1990)
Deputy Brigade Commander: Chen Zizhi (Senior Colonel)
Chen Zizhi (1912—2020)
Chief of Staff: Chen Zizhi (concurrently)
Yuwan Su 1st Military Subdistrict
Commander: Wang Qimei (Major General)
Wang Qimei (1913-1967)
Commander: Dai Wenxian (Colonel)
Dai Wenxian (1914-1985)
Political Commissar: Wang Qimei (concurrently)
Political Commissar: Zheng Hua (1917-1952, no photographs, political commissar of Shangqiu City Garrison Headquarters after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Chief of Staff: Yang Zhiya (1913-2003, Colonel, no photo)
Director of the Political Department: Hui Yiran (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as secretary of the Lhasa Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Anhui Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission)
Hui Yiran (1917—2012)
Yuwan Su 2nd Military Subdistrict
Commander: Wei Fenglou (former member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Henan Province after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Wei Fenglou (1896-1978)
Commander: Li Guohou (Major General)
Li Guohou (1915-1998)
Political Commissar: Li Zhongyi (former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Textile Industry after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Li Zhongyi (1913-1996)
Deputy Commander: Wang Jixian (1907-1967, no photographs, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Reclamation Bureau after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Deputy Political Commissar: Yan Chengshan (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was the deputy director of the Department of Agriculture of Heilongjiang Province)
Yan Chengshan (1910-1975)
The 3rd Military Subdistrict of the Yuwan Soviet Union
Commander: Li Haoran (served as an adviser to the Ministry of Communications after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
Li Haoran (1911-1996)
Commander: Zhang Zhong (Major General)
Zhang Zhong (1912—1982)
Political Commissar: Shou Songtao (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was the Party Secretary and Dean of East China Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Shou Songtao (1900—1969)
The 4th Military Subdistrict of the Yuwan Soviet Union (established in October 1947)
Commander: Huang Lin (Major General)
Huang Lin (1914—1986)
Commander: Zhu Yiwen (no information)
Political Commissar: Huang Lin (concurrently)
Deputy Commander: Zhong Guoqin (Colonel)
Zhong Guoqin (1910-1990)
Deputy Political Commissar: Li Yifei (1912-1991, no photo, former vice president of the Central Party School after the founding of the People's Republic of China)
The 5th Military Subdistrict of yuwan and Suzhou (formed in November 1947)
Commander: Wang Qimei
Commander: Wang Jianqing (Major General)
Wang Jianqing (1911—1991)
Deputy Commander: Wang Faxiang (Colonel)
Wang Faxiang (1910-1975)
Chief of Staff: Wang Faxiang (concurrently)
Director of the Political Department: Fang Zheng (Major General)
Founder (1914-1997)
The 6th Military Subdistrict of Yuwan Soviet Union (established in October 1947)
Commander: Li Haoran
Political Commissar: Zhang Dequn, pseudonym He Qiguang (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as China's ambassador to Cuba and Brazil)
Zhang Dequn (1914—1999)
Political Commissar: Luo Yegang (Major General)
Luo Yegang (1914-1981)
Deputy Commander: Xia Yunfei (Senior Colonel)
Xia Yunfei (1913—2007)
The 7th Military Subdistrict of Yuwan Su (formed in August 1948)
Commander: Zhang Taisheng
Political Commissar: Zhang Taisheng (concurrently)
The 8th Military Subdistrict of the Yuwan Soviet Union (established in August 1948)
Commander: Kuang Bin (Major General)
Kuang Bin (1913—1971)
Political Commissar: Tan Guansan (Lieutenant General)
Tan Guansan (1908-1985)