Originally founded in 1948, the academy is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Public Security of China.

[1] The academy is a training base for technical reconnaissance cadres of the Ministry of Public Security, a training base for anti-narcotics police of the Ministry of Public Security, and a "criminal investigation backbone training base for the security departments of the entire military" designated by the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.

"[1] The school's predecessor was the Northeast Public Security Training Team, which was founded in May 1948.

In November 1981, with the approval of the State Council, the academy was expanded into the China Criminal Police Academy, becoming the first public security college in China to provide undergraduate education in public security majors.

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