The paramilitary forces of China are the military units and formations apart from the People's Liberation Army, the principal military force of the People's Republic of China.
[1] The People's Armed Police Force[2][a] is a Chinese paramilitary organization[3]: 121 primarily responsible for internal security, riot control, counter-terrorism, disaster response, law enforcement and maritime rights protection[4] as well as providing support to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime.
Military training for senior middle-school and college and university students commenced in 1984 as China sought to provide additional qualified reserve service officers.
The reserve force consisted primarily of the militia and was organized into reserve-service divisions and regiments.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团; abbreviated as 新疆兵团 or XJBT[8]), also known as Bingtuan, trading with the external name China Xinjian Group,[9] is a state-owned enterprise and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.