1st Mobile Corps

1st Mobile Corps
1st Mobile Corps
第一武警机动总队
	Flag of the People's Armed Police
Active	2017
Country	China
Agency	People's Armed Police
Type	Gendarme
Role	Internal security
Operations jurisdiction	Beijing, north-central China
Headquarters	Shijiazhuang
Notables
Significant operation(s)	2023 China floods

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

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

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.

Structure

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

References

1 2 3 Wuthnow 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 18 Wuthnow 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 3 Wuthnow 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 18 Wuthnow 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

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References

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