The 78th Group Army (Chinese: 第七十八集团军; pinyin: Dì Qīshíbā Jítuánjūn), is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.