Editing People's Armed Police (section)

== Headquarters and organization ==
The People's Armed Police Headquarters is the leading and commanding organ that directs and administers all the units and provides guidance to it. The PAP has a commander, a political commissar and several deputy commanders and deputy political commissars.<ref name="CAPF">{{cite book |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/book/194421.htm |title=China's National Defense In 2006 |author=Information Office of the State Council |year=2006 |publisher=Government of China |location=Beijing |chapter=V. People's Armed Police Force |author-link=Information Office of the State Council |access-date=22 September 2015 |chapter-url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/book/194480.htm |archive-date=28 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428130242/http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/book/194421.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The PAP also has departments responsible for logistical and political matters and several speciality departments.

Following adjustment and reorganization, the People's Armed Police is mainly composed of the territorial forces, the mobile forces, and the Coast Guard.<ref name="Xinhua24Jul19">{{cite news |title = White paper gives overview of reshuffled armed forces - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn |url = http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/24/c_138253499.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190724055247/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/24/c_138253499.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 24, 2019 |access-date=4 October 2019 |website=www.xinhuanet.com |agency=Xinhua |date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

The People's Armed Police Headquarters, placed at Theater Command [[Grades of the armed forces of China|Grade]], include five Departments directly under the Headquarters:<ref name="Wuthnow2019">{{cite book |url=https://inss.ndu.edu/Portals/82/China%20SP%2014%20Final%20for%20Web.pdf |title=China's Other Army: The People's Armed Police in an Era of Reform |last=Wuthnow |first=Joel |date=16 April 2019 |publisher=Institute for National Strategic Studies |location=Washington |access-date=3 October 2019 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704193636/https://inss.ndu.edu/Portals/82/China%20SP%2014%20Final%20for%20Web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|10,32}}
* Staff Department (Deputy Theater Command Grade);
** Training Bureau (Division Leader Grade);
** Intelligence Bureau (Division Leader Grade), led by Zhang Xiaoqi;
* Political Work Department (Deputy Theater Command Grade): led by Director [[Lieutenant general]] Gao Wei;<ref name="SCMP15Dec19">{{cite news |last1=Liu Zhen |title=China's armed police sees leadership overhaul under reform process |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3042049/chinas-armed-police-sees-leadership-overhaul-under-reform |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=15 December 2019 |location=Beijing |language=en |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407070420/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3042049/chinas-armed-police-sees-leadership-overhaul-under-reform |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Propaganda Bureau (Division Leader Grade);
** Soldier and Civilian Personnel Bureau (Division Leader Grade);
* Discipline Inspection Commission (Deputy Theater Command Grade);
* Logistics Department (Corps Leader Grade);
* Equipment Department (Corps Leader Grade).
Being of Theatre Command Grade, the People's Armed Police is led by a full General.<ref name="AllenChinaRanksTJF">{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Kenneth |title=China Announces Reform of Military Ranks |url=https://jamestown.org/program/china-announces-reform-military-ranks/ |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |access-date=13 October 2019 |date=30 January 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013094755/https://jamestown.org/program/china-announces-reform-military-ranks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>