1st Mobile Corps

The 1st Mobile Corps,^[2] also translated as 1st Mobile Contingent, is a corps leader grade^[1] formation of China's People's Armed Police (PAP). It was formed in 2017-2018 during PAP reforms^[3] from units previously subordinated to PAP mobile divisions.^[4]

Mobile corps are rapid response formations^[5] tasked with internal stability, wartime support,^[6] and disaster relief.^[7] The 1st Mobile Corps is likely specifically tasked with reinforcing internal security forces in Beijing.^[1]

History

The 4th Mobile Detachment, 1st Mobile Corps deployed 1500 officers, 115 vehicles and 8 bridges to assist in fixing dams and highways along with transporting relief materials after the 2023 China Floods.^[8]

Structure

Headquarters (Shijiazhuang, Hebei)^[9]
1st Mobile Detachment (Panjin, Liaoning)^[9]
2nd Mobile Detachment (Shenyang, Liaoning)^[9]
3rd Mobile Detachment (Gutongliao, Inner Mongolia)^[9]
4th Mobile Detachment (Tianjin)^[9]
5th Mobile Detachment (Dingzhou, Hebei)^[9]
6th Mobile Detachment (Baoding, Hebei)^[9]
7th Mobile Detachment (Puzhong, Shanxi)^[9]
8th Mobile Detachment (Zhengzhou, Henan)^[9]
9th Mobile Detachment (Pingliang, Gansu)^[9]
1st Special Operations Detachment ("Falcon Commando unit") (Beijing)^[9]
2nd Special Operations Detachment^[9] ("Overseas Guards Special Operations Detachment")^[10] (Tianjin)^[9]
3rd Special Operations Detachment (Shijiazhuang)^[9]
1st Transportation Detachment (Beijing)^[9]
2nd Transportation Detachment (Xi’an, Shaanxi)^[9]
Engineering and Chemical Defense Detachment (Huludao, Liaoning)^[9]
Helicopter Detachment (Puzhong, Shanxi)^[9]

References

1 2 3Wuthnow 2019, p. 13.
↑"China hosts Emergency Mission-2022 earthquake relief drill". Chinese MOD. 2022-05-12.
↑Wuthnow 2019, p. 5.
↑Wuthnow 2019, p. 12.
↑Wuthnow 2019, p. 4.
↑Wuthnow 2019, p. 21.
↑Wuthnow 2019, p. 22.
↑"坚决听从统帅号令，解放军和武警部队挺膺担当筑起抵挡洪水的"钢铁堤坝"-国防信息-中华人民共和国退役军人事务部". Ministry of Veterans Affairs of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Wuthnow 2019, p. 14.
↑"专栏 | 夜话中南海：重用彭京堂既为威胁港人也是论功行赏". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2025-03-19.

Sources

Wuthnow, Joel (16 April 2019). China's Other Army: The People's Armed Police in an Era of Reform(PDF). Washington: Institute for National Strategic Studies. Archived(PDF) from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow201913-1] 1 2 3Wuthnow 2019, p. 13.

[2] "China hosts Emergency Mission-2022 earthquake relief drill". Chinese MOD. 2022-05-12.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow20195-3] Wuthnow 2019, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow201912-4] Wuthnow 2019, p. 12.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow20194-5] Wuthnow 2019, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow201921-6] Wuthnow 2019, p. 21.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow201922-7] Wuthnow 2019, p. 22.

[8] "坚决听从统帅号令，解放军和武警部队挺膺担当筑起抵挡洪水的"钢铁堤坝"-国防信息-中华人民共和国退役军人事务部". Ministry of Veterans Affairs of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2025-02-20.

[FOOTNOTEWuthnow201914-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Wuthnow 2019, p. 14.

[10] "专栏 | 夜话中南海：重用彭京堂既为威胁港人也是论功行赏". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2025-03-19.

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1st Mobile Corps

History

Structure

See also

References

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