August 11, 1945 (, Yiyou July fourth day), the first use of the name of the "Liberation Army".

1945 in mid-August, is the most critical moment of the Sino-Japanese War, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De bursts of seven commands, command the army of the liberated regions rapidly forward collection of Japanese and puppet troops armed to the implementation of the full range of large counterattack. August 11, Zhu De No. 4 released counterattack command, first asked the name of the "Liberation Army".
predecessor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the Chinese Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. After the failure of the 1927 Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party continues to hold high the banner of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, leading the people to armed revolution against armed counterrevolution. After the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the first branch of the Workers 'and Peasants' Revolutionary Army set up. May 25, 1928, the CPC Central Committee issued a "military plan", provisions army built separatist region, officially named the Red Army, and cancel the title of the Workers 'and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Since then, the revolutionary armed revolutionary base successively renamed the "Red Army".
after the Sino-Japanese War broke out, according to the agreement reached with the KMT, the Communist Party of China, the main forces of the Red Army adapted for the 8th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (ie, the Eighth Route Army). (History today www.lssdjt.com) Appointment of Zhu De as the commander of the Eighth Route Army deputy commander, Peng Dehuai (later renamed the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief). October 2, 1937, the CPC Central Committee in turn eight provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hubei, Henan, Anhui 13 Red Army guerrillas, adapted for the New 4th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, referred to New Fourth Army, the appointment of Ye Ting as the army commander, Xiang Ying, deputy commander.
"September 18 Incident", the Northeast the people rose up against Japan to the call of the Communist Party of China, the organization of the anti-Japanese armed guerrilla forces, Northeast People's Revolutionary Army and the Anti-Japanese Volunteer. By the end of 1934, the CPC Provincial Committee of Manchuria has adapted to these anti-Japanese armed 11 military and Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army in February 1936. After the victory, the Northeast Anti-Japanese coalition advance the northeast of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army merged into the Northeast Democratic coalition. Chief Zhu De release counterattack command, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, Northeast Democratic coalition successively renamed the People's Liberation Army. Central Military Commission issued the Orders after November 1, 1948, the army forces unified renamed the People's Liberation Army. Order which expressly provides that group and partition above the regimental number shall be preceded by the words of the People's Liberation Army.