The People's Armed Police Force and the Army are two important components of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and they have some differences in their duties and tasks.
First of all, the People's Armed Police Force is an armed force responsible for internal security and maintaining social stability. The People's Armed Police Force is mainly responsible for front-line stability maintenance, anti-terrorism, border patrols, emergency rescue and other tasks. They play an important role in dealing with terrorist attacks, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters. The training and equipment of the People's Armed Police Force is more focused on urban counter-terrorism and inland security, and it has excellent counter-terrorism combat capabilities.
The army is the main force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and is responsible for the country's national defense and strategic tasks. The Army mainly faces external threats, including defending territorial integrity, defending against foreign invasion, participating in international peacekeeping and other tasks. The army played a central and decisive role in the war, and its training and equipment paid more attention to the enhancement of combat effectiveness and actual combat capability.
Secondly, the PAPF is closely related to the local government in terms of organizational structure and mission areas. The armed police force organizes training and operations under the leadership of the provincial level and above, and cooperates with local governments to jointly maintain social order, security and stability. The Army, on the other hand, is mainly under the direct command and management of the Military Commission, and its mission covers all parts of the country.
In addition, the recruitment of the armed police force is mainly aimed at high school graduates, and the training and selection focus is on the performance of public security duties and counter-terrorism tasks. The Army, on the other hand, recruits a wider range of targets, including high school graduates and college students, and aims to build a modern Army with diversified combat effectiveness.
To sum up, the PAPF and the Army differ in their duties and tasks. The People's Armed Police Force is responsible for internal security and maintaining social stability, pays attention to the task of urban counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, and closely coordinates with local governmentsThe army is the main force of the PLA, responsible for national defense and strategic tasks, and pays attention to the improvement of external defense and actual combat capabilities. The two cooperate with each other to jointly safeguard the security and stability of the country.