公安部

Gōng'ānbù

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Meanings

1 Ministry of Public Security (MPS, central police authority of the PRC)

Characters

ministry, department

Examples

公安部发布了新的出入境政策。

Gōng'ānbù fābù le xīn de chūrùjìng zhèngcè.

The Ministry of Public Security released a new exit-entry policy.

这个案件由公安部直接督办。

Zhège ànjiàn yóu Gōng'ānbù zhíjiē dūbàn.

This case is being supervised directly by the Ministry of Public Security.

Tips

culture

Oversees the national police force, traffic police, border control, household registration (户口), passport and ID issuance. Sits under the State Council. Not to be confused with 国家安全部 (Ministry of State Security) which handles intelligence, or 司法部 (Ministry of Justice).

In Pop Culture

国家安全部 Guójiā Ānquánbù

Ministry of State Security

Separate ministry handling intelligence and counterintelligence

Stroke Order

公 gōng

安 ān

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