Special Police Unit of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force

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Special Police Unit
The standard arm patch of most Special Police Units.
Active	July 1982 – present
Country	China
Agency	People's Armed Police
Type	Police tactical unit
Role	Counter-terrorism Law enforcement Riot control
Common name	Various, the Guangzhou's SPU is the only unit to adopt Hong Kong's Special Duties Unit's Flying Tigers nickname
Structure
Officers	800–1000

The Special Police Units (abbreviation: SPU; Chinese: 特警队) are the police tactical units of the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) at the provincial and municipal levels. There is at least one of such unit in each Chinese province to offer their services when requested by the local police, or other law enforcement agencies such as the border police (Chinese: 边检; pinyin: Biān jiǎn) or railway patrol police (Chinese: 铁路巡警; pinyin: Tiělù xúnjǐng) and the people's police (Chinese: 民警; pinyin: Mínjǐng) of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).