1, PLA
China People's Liberation Army, as its name implies, is the most important national defense force in China, which is simply the People's Army.
2. Armed police
That is, the Chinese People's Armed Police Force undertakes the task of safeguarding national security.
Second, the historical origins are different.
1, PLA
Since the outbreak of Nanchang Uprising in August 1, 1927, in the subsequent Autumn Harvest Uprising and Guangzhou Uprising, China * * * established its own armed forces with the name of Chinese Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. During the five agrarian revolutions against encirclement and suppression, it was renamed "Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants" in May 1928.
1937 After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it was renamed the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army in August during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. 1September, 937, it was renamed18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. During the periods of 1937 and 10, the Red Army guerrillas in eight southern provinces were reorganized and the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army was established.
1946 when the liberation war broke out, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces were collectively called the People's Liberation Army. The word PLA has been used until now.
2. Armed police
Founded in June, 1982, formerly known as China People's Public Security Central Column.
Third, the main tasks are different.
1, PLA
The China People's Liberation Army is an army to defend national security. At present, the active forces of the China People's Liberation Army are divided into five major services and five major war zones. The five major services are: Army, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force. The five major war zones are: the eastern, southern, western, northern and central war zones.
2. Armed police
Armed police is a police force, which maintains national security internally. Armed police forces are mainly divided into internal security corps, mobile corps and marine police corps, which are responsible for duty, handling emergencies, anti-terrorism, maritime rights enforcement, emergency rescue and defensive operations.
Extended data:
The internal security forces of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force are the main components of the armed police force, and the helicopters of the Shanghai Armed Police Corps of the internal security forces are directly led and managed by the Armed Police Headquarters. Including the Armed Police Corps, Mobile Division and units directly under the headquarters of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Its main tasks are:
1, undertake fixed target duty and urban armed patrol tasks to ensure the safety of important national targets;
2. Handling all kinds of emergencies and maintaining national security and social stability;
3, support the national economic construction and the implementation of emergency rescue and disaster relief tasks; The fourth is to participate in the rear defense operations in wartime.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese People's Armed Police Force
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-China People's Liberation Army