Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau

"Shanghai Police Department" redirects here. For its predecessor, see Shanghai Municipal Police.

Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau 上海市公安局
Patch of the Ministry of Public Security
Badge of the shanghai police
Abbreviation	Shanghai PSB
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Shanghai, China
Legal jurisdiction	Shanghai
Primary governing body	Ministry of Public Security
Secondary governing body	Shanghai Municipal People's Government
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	No. 128 Wuning South Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai
Officers (both sworn and auxiliary)s	Approximately 50,000 (2019)
Agency executive	Zhang Yahong  [ zh ], Bureau Chief
Facilities
Helicopters	4 (2011)
Website
https://gaj.sh.gov.cn/shga/index.html

The Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau (Shanghai PSB) is a constituent department of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government responsible for law enforcement in Shanghai. This public security bureau is under the dual leadership of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, with 27 internal institutions, and the office is located at No. 128 Wuning South Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai. ^{[1] [2]}

As of 2024, the Shanghai PSB has an annual budget of 8.6 billion RMB. ^[3]

The incumbent police chief of the Shanghai PSB as of July 2025 is Zhang Yahong  [ zh ]. ^[4]

History

The Shanghai PSB were the target of the Yang Jia attacks on July 1, 2008. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Headquarters of the Shanghai PSB

Organization

Directly subordinate units

• Headquarters ^[8]
• Research office ^[8]
• Political office ^[8]
• Logistics office ^[8]
• Accountant office ^[8]
• Supervision unit ^[8]
• Emergency management center ^[8]
• Economic crime investigation department ^{[8] [9]}
• Public order unit ^[8]
• Shanghai Criminal Police ^{[8] [10]}
• Immigration Management Bureau  [ zh ] ^[8]
• Traffic Police unit ^[8]
• Special Police Department  [ zh ] (Shanghai SWAT) ^{[8] [11]}
• Border Defense and Ports subbureau  [ zh ] ^[8]
• Legal affairs unit ^[8]
• Jail management unit ^[8]
• Technology unit ^[8]
• Cybercrime unit ^[8]
• Railways and buses unit ^[8]
• Chemical industries district subbureau ^[8]
• Airport subbureau ^[8]
• Police Aviation Force  [ zh ] ^[8]
• Population management (Census) office ^[8]
• Farmland subbureau ^[8]
• Data office ^[8]

Employees

As of 2019, including both sworn officers and auxiliary officers, the Shanghai PSB operates a total of approximately 50,000 police officers, with one of the lowest number of police officers per capita among cities of its size. ^[12]

Equipment

Firearms

Prior to April 2014, outside of specific units such as SWAT, Shanghai police were not permitted to carry personal firearms and instead used shared firearms. This policy was changed in April 2014, which now permitted patrol units to carry personal firearms on patrol with the Norinco 9mm Police Revolver becoming standard issue. ^[13]

The reason for this policy change include lack of response speed to serious incidents such as hostage taking, along with the 2014 Kunming attack. ^[13]

Helicopters

As of 2011, the Police Aviation Force  [ zh ] owns a total of 4 helicopters, including: ^[14]

• 1x Eurocopter EC120 ^[14]
• 2x Eurocopter EC135 ^[14]
• 1x Eurocopter EC155 ^[14]

Line of duty deaths

As of April 2024, since 1949 82 officers of the Shanghai PSB have died in the line of duty. ^[15]

References

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3. "上海市2024年市级部门预算 - 上海市公安局" [Shanghai Municipal PSB 2024 budget](PDF). Shanghai Municipal Government.
4. "副市长 张亚宏". Shanghai Municipal Government. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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6. Man attacks Shanghai police station killing five International Herald Tribune Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (1 July 2008)
7. Man who killed 6 city cops gets death penalty, Shanghai Daily Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (2 September 2008)
8. "上海市公安局机构设置". Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
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10. "上海警方深入推进打击欺诈骗保专项行动严打医保诈骗违法犯罪". The Paper. 2025-07-03. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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13. "上海上千民警今起配枪巡逻 特殊情况可直接开枪" [In Shanghai over 1000 sworn officers now carry firearms - In special situations [they] will open fire]. People's Daily Online. 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
14. "上海警航队回应直升机查违章：成本应全面考虑". China News Service. 2011-08-11.
15. "缅怀英烈 75年来上海公安战线共有82名革命烈士牺牲". Chinanews Shanghai. 2024-04-03.