Editing People's Armed Police (section)

=== Chronology ===
From  the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the paramilitary public security force has been reorganized numerous times. The current designation since 1982, the '''People's Armed Police''', was first used between 1959 and 1963.<ref name="Sun2009"/><ref>Lu Gengsong, ''China's Armed Police and Nationalization of the Police Force'', Beijing Spring, September 2006</ref>

*1949–1950: Chinese People's Public Security Force, under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)
*1950–1955: Public Security Force, under the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
*1955–1959: Public Security Corps, under the PLA
*1959–1963: People's Armed Police, under the joint leadership of the MPS and the PLA
*1963–1966: Chinese People's Public Security Force, under the joint leadership of the MPS and the PLA
*1966–1982: PLA Internal Guard, absorbed into the [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]] in an integrated structure. In 1971 and 1973, some units were transferred to the MPS
*1982–present: People's Armed Police (PAP)