Local Police
Public security bureau more or less act as local (provincial and municipal) police forces. There are no independent forces similar to those in Europe and North America in China (excluding Hong Kong Police and Macau Security Force, which are modelled after European police forces).
In recent years the PSB have shed their paramilitary image towards becoming a professional police service. Green military uniforms have given way to black and white. Standard IDs (similar to warrant cards or badges) are being used to identify officers.
The PSB's alternate English name has been re-defined as China Police.
Read more about this topic: Law Enforcement In The People's Republic Of China
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