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Encyclopedia > Public Security Bureau

In the People's Republic of China, Public Security Bureau (Chinese: 公安局; pinyin: Gōng'ānjú) or PSB refers to government offices that handle things such as policing, security and social order, but also issues such as residence registration as well as immigration and travel affairs of foreigners. Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ...


Each municipality in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) has a PSB branch.


Other law agencies in China:

The Hong Kong Police Force (香港警察) (from 1969 to 1997, Royal Hong Kong Police Force (皇家香港警察) is the police force of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Peoples Armed Police Force (人民武装警察部队; renmin wuzhuang jingcha budui) is a paramilitary police force responsible for domestic security within the Peoples Republic of China. ... On December 20, 1999, the various police force branches of Macau, under the jurisdiction of Security and Justice departments, with the exception of the customs police, who were reassigned to the Financial Service Department, were merged into a single force - the Macau Security Force - under the supervision of the secretary...

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