16. Ministry of Public Security (MPS)
| Minister: | Meng Jianzhu |
| Vice Ministers: (unconfirmed list) | Bai Jingfu Liu Jinguo Meng Hongwei Zhang Xinfeng Liu De |
| Address: | 14 Dong Chang'anjie, Beijing 100741 |
| Telephone: | 86-10-6520-2114 |
| Website: | www.mps.gov.cn |
| Information security: | www.china-infosec.org.cn Computer Information Network Security Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center: www.mctc.gov.cn |
| Departments: | General Office; Police Affairs, Supervision, and Inspection; Personnel and Training; Propaganda; Economic Crimes Investigation; Social Security; Frontier Guard; Crimes Investigation; Entry and Exit Border Inspection; Fire Fighting; Security Protection; Public Information Network Safety Supervision; Supervision and Management; Traffic Control; Legal Affairs; Foreign Affairs; Equipment and Financial Affairs; National Narcotics Control Commission; Science and Technology; Antiterrorism Bureau; Information Communications |
- Regulate public security nationwide, including political and economic security and the security of computer information networks and other communications networks
- Supervise border exit/entry formalities and the movements of non-residents in Chinese territory; oversee household registration; confer or revoke nationality
- Prevent and investigate criminal offensives; administer penalties for such offenses
- Maintain social order; control rallies and demonstrations
- Guide Neighborhood Security Committees
- Fire control and prevention
- Control traffic and handle traffic accidents
- Guide security work in state organs, social organizations, and enterprises
- Guard individuals, as well as important institutions, and facilities stipulated by the state
- Supervise the People's Armed Police, border defense, and internal security
- Control firearms, explosives, and radioactive materials
At the central level, the Ministry of Public Security is China's principal police authority and with the Central Military Commission jointly administers the country's police, the People's Armed Police. The ministry has functional departments for areas such as intelligence, police operations, prisons, and political, economic, and communications security. Subordinate to the ministry are provincial-level public security departments, county-level public security bureaus and sub-bureaus (the bureaus are located in the prefectures and large cities, the sub-bureaus in counties and municipal districts), and township-level public security stations. MPS is responsible for counterespionage work and other state security, as well as conducting covert operations and cracking down on criminal activities that threaten state security. MPS also plays a significant role in cracking down on IPR violations, usually taking the lead in conducting raids on suspected IPR violators to seize goods.
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