China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard
Patch of the China Coast Guard
Emblem of China Coast Guard
Racing stripe
Common nameHaijing (海警)
China Coast Guard Bureau (中国海警局)
Agency overview
Formed22 July 2013 (2013-07-22)
Preceding agencies
  • China Marine Surveillance
  • China Fishery Law Enforcement
  • General Directorate of Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau
  • People's Armed Police Border Defense Corps Coast Guard
Employees16,296 personnel (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionChina
Constituting instrument
  • Coast Guard Law of the People's Republic of China《中华人民共和国海警法》
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Headquarters1 Fuxingmen Outer Street, Beijing, China
Agency executives
Parent agencyPeople's Armed Police
Facilities
Boats164 cutters
Multiple patrol boats (2018)
AircraftHarbin Z-9
Harbin Y-12
Website
www.ccg.gov.cn
China Coast Guard
Simplified Chinese中国海警局
Traditional Chinese中國海警局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Hǎijǐngjú
Haijing ("Coast Guard")
Chinese海警
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎijǐng

The China Coast Guard (CCG) (Chinese: 中国海警局) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police (PAP) of China. The Coast Guard is an armed gendarmerie force (of corps grade), and its cutters are armed. The emergency number of the Coast Guard is 95110, which began operation in 2019.

Between 2013 and 2023, the CCG confiscated a total of 9.875 tonnes of drugs, 21 billion RMB worth of smuggled goods and 12 million tonnes of stolen sand, along with responding to over 53,000 emergency calls and handling 24,000 cases.