Editing People's Armed Police (section)

=== History ===
In Summer 1950, due to the [[Huai River]] flooding, [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Zhou Enlai]] laid plans to deploy military forces for flood disaster relief. On February 8, 1952, the [[Third Field Army|East China Field Army]]'s 90th Division was recalled from Northeast China (where it was originally meant to participate in the Korean war) and reorganized into the 1st and 2nd hydraulic engineering divisions, and deployed to conduct [[flood management]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2011-09-26 |title=水电部队的历史沿革 |url=http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2011-09-26/0338667051.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104152142/http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2011-09-26/0338667051.html |archive-date=2020-11-04 |website=Sina |publisher=PLA Daily}}</ref> In Spring of 1955, the 1st and 2nd hydraulic engineering divisions were disbanded, with its personnel becoming civilian engineers.<ref name=":10" />

Due to local civilian engineers having lower efficiency, on March 30, 1966, this was reported to Mao who established the {{Ill|People's Liberation Army Basic Engineering Corps|zh|中国人民解放军基本建设工程兵}} 4th Column re-organization office to prepare for re-mobilizing troops for the purpose of flood management.<ref name=":10" /> On August 1, 1966, in [[Yingxiu]]<nowiki/>wan Damn (映秀湾水电站), [[Wenchuan County]] the {{Ill|People's Liberation Army Basic Engineering Corps|zh|中国人民解放军基本建设工程兵}} 61st Detachment was established.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":7" />

On August 22, 1978, the {{Ill|People's Liberation Army Basic Engineering Corps|zh|中国人民解放军基本建设工程兵}} 63rd Detachment was established to construct the {{Ill|Wan'an Resovoir|lt=Wan'an Dam|zh|萬安水庫}} in [[Wan'an County]]. The 63rd Detachment contained 6 battalions, with its first commander being Chen Shuguang, a Chinese Civil War veteran.<ref name=":10" />

On August 19, 1982, the Basic Engineering Corps was disbanded; Personnel of the Hydropower units of the Basic engineering corps became PAP personnel on January 1, 1985, and in February 1999 the Hydropower corps went under the command of the People's Armed Police.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":7" />

On July 1, 2009, the Hydropower Corps officially became part of China's emergency management system as a disaster relief agency.<ref name=":7" />

The 3rd Hyrdopower Deteachment's Search and Rescue Company was established in August 2013 and was the elite unit of the Hydropower Corps dedicated to [[Urban search and rescue|Urban Search and Rescue]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2016-02-27 |title=为了生命的握手——记武警水电一总队三支队搜救中队 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//mil/2016-02/27/c_128757487.htm |website=Xinhua}}</ref>
[[File:中国军方和武警在鲁甸“8•3”地震抢险.jpg|thumb|The Hydropower corps providing aid after the 2014 Ludian Earthquake]]
Throughout its history, the Hydropower corps has been involved in the construction of over 50 hydropower projects, including the [[Three Gorges Dam]], {{Ill|Wan'an Resovoir|lt=Wan'an Dam|zh|萬安水庫}} and [[Longtan Dam]], along with providing aid and rescue to many disasters, such as the [[2014 Ludian earthquake]] and [[2015 Shenzhen landslide]].<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":7" />

The Hydropower corps was deployed for search and rescue after the [[2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-03 |title=青岛输油管道爆炸事故最终确认62人遇难 |url=http://www.81.cn/gnxw/2013-12/03/content_5674708.htm |website=Chinese Military}}</ref>

After the [[2014 Ludian earthquake]], the 1st Hydropower Contingent deployed 263 personnel to conduct an emergency demolition operation of Changhai Dam, which after the earthquake had huge risk of a [[dam failure]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=武警水电部队成功排除景谷地震震中长海水库险情 |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2014-10/10/content_2762501.htm |website=Central government of the PRC}}</ref>

The Hydropower corps was officially disbanded on August 30, 2018, and was handed over to the China Anneng Construction Group in April 2019.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |date=2019-11-24 |title=中国安能集团旗下三大工程局已亮相 |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/kuaibao_detail.jsp?contid=5049480&from=kuaibao |website=The Paper}}</ref>