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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Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime law enforcement agency ⓘ
paramilitary force ⓘ
commandStructure military-style hierarchy ⓘ
controlledBy Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
cooperatedWith Ministry of Public Security maritime units ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Navy ⓘ
civilian maritime administration agencies ⓘ
country People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
distinctFrom People's Liberation Army Navy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
parentOrganization People's Armed Police ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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People’s Armed Police → hasBranch → Coast Guard (before transfer to CMC as a separate force) ⓘ
subject linked to: PAP