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 [1]
Headquarters	Shijiazhuang
Notables
Significant operation(s)	2023 China floods

The 1st Mobile Corps ^[2] , also translated as 1st Mobile Contingent, is a corps leader grade ^[1] formation of China's People's Armed Police (PAP). It was formed in 2017-2018 during PAP reforms ^[3] from units previously subordinated to PAP mobile divisions. ^[4]

Mobile corps are rapid response formations ^[5] tasked with internal stability, wartime support, ^[6] and disaster relief. ^[7] The 1st Mobile Corps is likely specifically tasked with reinforcing internal security forces in Beijing. ^[1]

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. ^[8]

Structure

• Headquarters (Shijiazhuang, Hebei) ^[9]
• 1st Mobile Detachment (Panjin, Liaoning) ^[9]
• 2nd Mobile Detachment (Shenyang, Liaoning) ^[9]
• 3rd Mobile Detachment (Gutongliao, Inner Mongolia) ^[9]
• 4th Mobile Detachment (Tianjin) ^[9]
• 5th Mobile Detachment (Dingzhou, Hebei) ^[9]
• 6th Mobile Detachment (Baoding, Hebei) ^[9]
• 7th Mobile Detachment (Puzhong, Shanxi) ^[9]
• 8th Mobile Detachment (Zhengzhou, Henan) ^[9]
• 9th Mobile Detachment (Pingliang, Gansu) ^[9]
• 1st Special Operations Detachment ("Falcon Commando unit  [ zh ]") (Beijing) ^[9]
• 2nd Special Operations Detachment ^[9] ("Overseas Guards Special Operations Detachment") ^[10] (Tianjin) ^[9]
• 3rd Special Operations Detachment (Shijiazhuang) ^[9]
• 1st Transportation Detachment (Beijing) ^[9]
• 2nd Transportation Detachment (Xi’an, Shaanxi) ^[9]
• Engineering and Chemical Defense Detachment (Huludao, Liaoning) ^[9]
• Helicopter Detachment (Puzhong, Shanxi) ^[9]

See also

• 2nd Mobile Corps
• OMON

References

1. Wuthnow 2019, p. 13.
2. "China hosts Emergency Mission-2022 earthquake relief drill". Chinese MOD. 2022-05-12.
3. Wuthnow 2019, p. 5.
4. Wuthnow 2019, p. 12.
5. Wuthnow 2019, p. 4.
6. Wuthnow 2019, p. 21.
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.
9. 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.

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.