Internal security

People's Armed Police

中国人民武装警察部队

Security domain
Internal security
What it is
armed police force · service (level 3)
Founded
1982
Statutory basis
Law of the PRC on the People's Armed Police (2009, revised 2020)
Acknowledged by
China's National Defense in the New Era (State Council Information Office white paper, 2019) (white paper)
Active headcount
not published
Identifiers
factbase.org/org/82PCTK0N89 · Q2440398

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