152nd Division (People's Republic of China)

The 152nd Division(Chinese: 第152师) was created on November 1948 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,[1] basing on the 7th Independent Division of the Northeastern Field Army, formed in January 1948.

152nd Division (1948–52) 1st Forestry Engineering Division (1952)
Active	1948.11 - 1952.8
Country	People's Republic of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Part of	39th Corps
Engagements	Chinese civil war

The division was a part of PLA 39th Corps, under which command it took part in the Chinese civil war.

In August 1952 the division was re-organized as 1st Forestry Engineering Division((Chinese: 林业工程第1师), moving to Hainan for rubber plantation. In October the division was demobilized and became Hainan States Farms, now one of the biggest rubber production enterprise in the world.

As of its re-organization the division was composed of:

• 454th Regiment;
• 455th Regiment;
• 456th Regiment.

References

• 中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
• 海南农垦总局，https://web.archive.org/web/20160920082132/http://www.hifarms.gov.cn/page_xz.php?xuh=71373

1. 《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html