Chinese People's Police Day

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Chinese People's Police Day
Observed by China
SignificanceDay to commemorate the people's police
Date10 January
Next time10 January 2026 (2026-01-10)
FrequencyAnnual
First time10 January 2021

The Chinese People's Police Day is a holiday for the People's Police of China. It is celebrated on January 10 each year.

History

On July 11, 2020, after the application of the Ministry of Public Security, the approval of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a reply from the State Council, the China decided to establish January 10 of each year from 2021 as Chinese People's Police Day to commend the "selfless contributions made by police officers at all levels in mainland China to maintaining social order". [1] [2] The festival was also established to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the official opening of the Guangzhou 110 emergency call center in 1986, the first in the country. [3] This date also played a certain role in promoting public awareness of the police hotline "110". [4]

References

  1. ↑ "国务院关于同意设立"中国人民警察节"的批复". 国函〔2020〕98号 (in Chinese (China)). 中华人民共和国中央人民政府. 2020-07-11. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Chinese leader tells children of fallen police to follow 'heroic fathers'". South China Morning Post. 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  3. ↑ 广州市公安局 (2020-12-31). "杨蕴华：35年与110共风雨同成长" (in Chinese (China)). 广州市人民政府 . Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ↑ "每年1月10日，"中国人民警察节"！" (in Chinese (China)). 新华网. 2020-07-21. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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