Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday conferred military flags on the five newly-established theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING, Feb. 1 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday conferred military flags on the five newly-established theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Xi, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), conferred the flags to top officers of the five theater commands-- the Eastern Theater Command, the Southern Theater Command, the Western Theater Command, the Northern Theater Command and the Central Theater Command -- at a ceremony in Beijing.

Commander Liu Yuejun and Political Commissar Zheng Weiping of the Eastern Theater Command; Commander Wang Jiaocheng and Political Commissar Wei Liang of the Southern Theater Command; Commander Zhao Zongqi and Political Commissar Zhu Fuxi of the Western Theater Command; Commander Song Puxuan and Political Commissar Chu Yimin of the Northern Theater Command; and Commander Han Weiguo and Political Commissar Yin Fanglong of the Central Theater Command received the flags at the ceremony.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday conferred military flags on the five newly-established theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 1, 2016. Xi on Monday conferred military flags on the five newly-established theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). [Photo/Xinhua]