Following recent new appointments and anticipated shakeups in China’s security apparatus, the commanding officer of the People’s Armed Police, Wang Ning, announced on Oct. 31 that the paramilitary force will now be directed mainly by the central authorities.
At a meeting held with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, Wang Ning announced a draft proposal for reforms to the armed police force, including assuring that the command responsibility goes to the chairman of the Central Military Commission, who is regime leader Xi Jinping.
