Public Security Bureau

(公安局). The office responsible of the police in a Prefecture Level administrative division. The bureaus are part of Provincial Level Public Security Departments and in turn oversee County Level Public Security Sub-Bureaus. Not to be confused with the local bureaus of the Ministry of State Security.

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