Central Guard Bureau

The Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party (Chinese: 中共中央办公厅警卫局), also nominally affiliated with the army and the police as the Guard Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委联合参谋部警卫局) and the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部九局) respectively, also known as the Central Security Bureau, is the organization responsible for overseeing the protection of senior party members, their families, and important foreign dignitaries in the People's Republic of China, though actual close protection is performed mostly by the Central Guard Regiment. It has been widely called the Central Guard Bureau (CGB; 中央警卫局) since the Cultural Revolution. The bureau selects and controls the bodyguards of protectees; bodyguards are typically trained by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The CGB is part of the internal security apparatus as protectees are constantly under surveillance by their bureau-selected bodyguards.

Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party

中共中央办公厅警卫局
Abbreviation	Central Guard Bureau (CGB or CG) / 中央警卫局 (中警局 or 中警)
Formation	1949
Type	Security
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Overseeing close personal protection for and conducting surveillance on the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and some other senior CCP and PLA leaders
Headquarters	Zhongnanhai, etc.
Location	Beijing
Parent organization	General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
Subsidiaries	Central Guard Unit (PLA Unit 61889)
Affiliations	Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (nominal) Ministry of Public Security (nominal)

The CGB effectively controls the PLA Ground Force Beijing Garrison's Central Guard Unit (PLA Unit 61889; formerly known as the Central Guard Regiment), an elite security unit, by having bureau deputy directors in leadership positions in the unit.

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Books

• Guo, Xuezhi (2012). China's Security State: Philosophy, Evolution, and Politics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023239.