Coast Guard (before transfer to CMC as a separate force)

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The Coast Guard (before its transfer to the Central Military Commission) was a maritime law enforcement and security force that operated under China’s People’s Armed Police, responsible for coastal defense, patrol, and maritime rights protection.

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instanceOf maritime law enforcement agency
paramilitary force
commandStructure military-style hierarchy
controlledBy Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
cooperatedWith Ministry of Public Security maritime units NERFINISHED
People's Liberation Army Navy NERFINISHED
civilian maritime administration agencies
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
distinctFrom People's Liberation Army Navy NERFINISHED
civilian maritime safety agencies
doctrine use of non-military means to advance maritime interests
engagedIn interactions with foreign fishing and law enforcement vessels
presence operations in disputed maritime areas
equipment armed boarding teams
large-displacement cutters
small and medium patrol craft
white-hulled patrol vessels
function bridge between civilian maritime administration and military maritime forces
jurisdiction Chinese contiguous zone
Chinese exclusive economic zone
Chinese territorial waters
laterReorganizedAs China Coast Guard under direct Central Military Commission control
legalBasis Chinese domestic maritime law
regulations of the People's Armed Police
operatedUnder People's Armed Police command structure
oversight Chinese Communist Party through political commissar system NERFINISHED
parentOrganization People's Armed Police NERFINISHED
partOf Chinese armed forces system
personnelStatus armed police personnel
primaryRole coastal defense support
maritime law enforcement
maritime rights protection
maritime security
responsibleFor enforcement of Chinese maritime administrative regulations
escort of Chinese government and survey vessels
protection of Chinese fishing fleets
roleInNationalSecurity frontline force for asserting maritime sovereignty
support to coastal defense
statusBeforeReform component of the People's Armed Police
subordination People's Armed Police NERFINISHED
task anti-smuggling operations
fisheries law enforcement
maritime patrols
protection of Chinese maritime claims
protection of offshore resources
search and rescue support
training military-style training under People's Armed Police standards

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PAP hasBranch Coast Guard (before transfer to CMC as a separate force)
subject surface form: People’s Armed Police