As the 114th, under the 38th Army, the division fought as part of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men.

[1] It fought the Turkish Brigade at the Battle of Wawon, November 27–29, 1950, and the ROK 9th Infantry Division (South Korea) at the Battle of White Horse Hill in October 1952.

The formation remained for many years with the 38th Group Army in the Shenyang Military Region, as the 114th Mechanized Infantry Division.

[2] In 1996, as part of the reform of the People's Liberation Army in the 1990s the 114th (together with 13 other divisions, and some 500,000 personnel) was transferred to the People's Armed Police (PAP), becoming the 114th Armed Police Division, unit number 8640, stationed in Dingzhou, Baoding.

[3][4][5][6] The 114th was chosen to represent the PAP during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade.