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China’s military police given control of coastguard as Beijing boosts maritime security

Restructuring necessary to ensure Communist Party’s ‘absolute leadership over the PLA and other armed forces’, document says

Control of China’s coastguard has been transferred to the country’s armed police force under a government restructuring plan announced by Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AP

China has shifted control of its coastguard to its armed police force in a clear show of Beijing’s commitment to protecting the nation’s waterways.

As part of the latest restructuring of state organisations, announced on Wednesday, the China Coast Guard will come under the administration of the People’s Armed Police (PAP), a paramilitary force that was itself recently put under the direct command of the Central Military Commission (CMC).