Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau
The Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau is a constituent department of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government responsible for law enforcement in Shanghai. This public security bureau is under the dual leadership of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, with 27 internal institutions. Its headquarters is located at No. 128 Wuning South Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai.
As of 2024, the Shanghai PSB has an annual budget of 8.6 billion RMB.
The incumbent police chief of the Shanghai PSB as of July 2025 is.
History
The Shanghai PSB were the target of the Yang Jia attacks on July 1, 2008.Organization
Directly subordinate units
- Headquarters
- Research office
- Political office
- Logistics office
- Accountant office
- Supervision unit
- Emergency management center
- Economic crime investigation department
- Public order unit
- Shanghai Criminal Police
- Traffic Police unit
- Legal affairs unit
- Jail management unit
- Technology unit
- Cybercrime unit
- Railways and buses unit
- Chemical industries district subbureau
- Airport subbureau
- Population management office
- Farmland subbureau
- Data office
Employees
As of 2019, including both sworn officers and auxiliary officers, the Shanghai PSB operates a total of approximately 50,000 police officers, with one of the lowest number of police officers per capita among cities of its size.Equipment
Firearms
Prior to April 2014, outside of specific units such as SWAT, Shanghai police were not permitted to carry personal firearms and instead used shared firearms. This policy was changed in April 2014, which now permitted patrol units to carry personal firearms on patrol with the Norinco 9mm Police Revolver becoming standard issue.The reason for this policy change include lack of response speed to serious incidents such as hostage taking, along with the 2014 Kunming attack.