People's Armed Police

People's Armed Police Force
Flag of the Force (since 10 January 2018)
Flag of the Force
(since 10 January 2018)
Badge of the Force (since 1 August 2021)[a]
Badge of the Force
(since 1 August 2021)[a]
Sleeve badge of the Force
Sleeve badge of the Force
Common name武警部队 (Wǔjǐng Bùduì; 'Armed Police Force')
AbbreviationPAP ("People's Armed Police")
CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated
Wujing (武警; Wǔjǐng; 'Armed Police'), or WJ as on vehicle license plates
Motto为人民服务
(Serve the People)
Agency overview
Formed19 June 1982 (1982-06-19)
Employees1.5 million
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
China
Operations jurisdictionChina
Legal jurisdictionPeople's Republic of China
Governing bodyCentral Military Commission
Constituting instrument
  • 《中华人民共和国人民武装警察法》 (People's Armed Police Law of the People's Republic of China)
Specialist jurisdictions
  • Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, and riot control.
  • Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Overseen byCentral Military Commission
HeadquartersHaidian District, Beijing
Agency executives
Parent agencyCentral Military Commission
Child agencies
  • PAP Internal Guard Corps: 32 × contingents
  • PAP Mobile Corps: 2 × contingents
  • PAP Coastal Guard Corps: 1 x contingent
Website
chinamil.com.cn
Chinese People's Armed Police Force
Simplified Chinese中国人民武装警察部队
Traditional Chinese中國人民武裝警察部隊
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Rénmín Wǔzhuāng Jǐngchá Bùduì
People's Armed Police
Simplified Chinese人民武装警察
Traditional Chinese人民武裝警察
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRénmín Wǔzhuāng Jǐngchá
China Armed Police
Simplified Chinese中国武警
Traditional Chinese中國武警
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Wǔjǐng
Armed Police [Force]
Simplified Chinese武警[部队]
Traditional Chinese武警[部隊]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǔjǐng [Bùduì]

The People's Armed Police Force[3][b] is a Chinese paramilitary organization[4]: 121  primarily responsible for internal security, riot control, counter-terrorism, disaster response, law enforcement and maritime rights protection[5] as well as providing support to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime.[6]: 87 

Unlike the civilian People's Police,[c] the PAP[d] is a specialized paramilitary force reporting directly to the Central Military Commission (CMC). PAP officers and soldiers wear dark olive green uniforms, different from pine green uniforms of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) or the light blue and black uniforms of the People's Police.

The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. It was established in its current form in 1982, but similar security forces have operated since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. During the Maoist era, the PAP's predecessors were the Chinese People's Public Security Force, initially under the MPS, and later the Public Security Corps which was under the command of the PLA.[7] The PAP has been compared by both Chinese and foreign scholars with the gendarmerie forces found in many countries, most famously the French Gendarmerie,[8] but the main inspiration for the PAP's establishment and operation came from the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union and related paramilitary forces of the Eastern Bloc such as the East German Alert Units, adapted to the specific military-political culture and thinking of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership.[9]

  1. ^ "武警部队徽将于8月1日启用". People's Liberation Army Daily Press. Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. 2021-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. ^ China Military Web. "解放军军旗、军徽和武警部队旗、徽简史". People's Liberation Army Daily Press. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-07-31 – via QQ.com.
  3. ^ "Military Services – Ministry of National Defense". eng.mod.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sun2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Top legislature passes armed police law". China Daily. 2009-08-27. Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blasko2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Xia, Mingxing; Zhang, Ning; Zhu, Xiongnan (16 August 2017). "毛泽东关心武警部队早期建设纪事" [Mao Zedong cares about the early construction of the armed police force]. People's Daily Online. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. ^ Bao Xiaoyan and Zhang Tingyu: "Comparison of the Leadership System of the Armed Police Force and the French Gendarmerie", in "Journal of the Armed Police Command Academy" 2010, Issue 5
  9. ^ Xia Yong, Gendarmerie as a Law Enforcement Force: Type Comparison and Enlightenment, "Rules of Law Research", 2016, Issue 3, page 110


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