Central Guard Bureau

Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
中共中央办公厅警卫局
AbbreviationCentral Guard Bureau (CGB or CG) / 中央警卫局 (中警局 or 中警)
Formation1949
TypeSecurity
Legal statusActive
PurposeOverseeing close personal protection for and conducting surveillance on the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and some other senior CCP and PLA leaders
HeadquartersZhongnanhai, etc.
Location
  • Beijing
Parent organization
General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
SubsidiariesCentral Guard Unit (PLA Unit 61889)
AffiliationsJoint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (nominal)
Ministry of Public Security (nominal)
Politics of China
Leadership
Leadership generations
Succession of power
Party and state leaders
Orders of precedence
Related systems
Communist Party
History
National People's Congress (14th)
State representative
Executive organ
Military organ
Supervisory organ
Judicial organs
United front
Historical parties:
Propaganda
Cross-strait relations
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of National Defense
    • International Military Cooperation Office
Related topics
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The Central Guard Bureau (CGB) of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party is the organization responsible for the protection of senior party members, their families, and important foreign dignitaries in the People's Republic of China. It has been widely called the CGB since the Cultural Revolution and is also the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.[1][2]

The CGB selects and controls the bodyguards of protectees;[1][3] bodyguards are typically trained by the People's Liberation Army (PLA).[4] It effectively controls the Central Guard Regiment by having bureau deputy directors in leadership positions in the unit.[3] The CGB is part of the internal security apparatus as protectees are constantly under surveillance by their bureau-selected bodyguards.[5]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Guo 2012, p. 106.
  2. ^ Guo 2012, p. 117.
  3. ^ a b Guo 2012, p. 109.
  4. ^ Guo 2012, p. 107.
  5. ^ Guo 2012, p. 110.

Sources

Books
  • Guo, Xuezhi (2012). China's Security State: Philosophy, Evolution, and Politics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023239.
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