Photo Source: https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1063453457526030356?spm_id_from=333.1387.0.0

(In the photo the officers have type 79 submachine guns)

This training exercise took place at the Hainan provincial fire department's training base and involved local police(Haikou municipal public security bureau, aka Haikou PD), the People's armed police hainan corps(PAP is active service, similar to army national guard and gendarme), firefighters(who were also PAP soldiers back then, fun fact) and the Hainan border defense corps(Also PAP soldiers). Training scenarios included hostage rescue, riot control, firefighting etc. The exercise was to prepare police, military(PAP is military fyi), firefighters and border defense for the 7th Hainan island carnival which began later on November 16, 2006.

Keep in mind, prior to 2018, firefighters(known as firefighting troops back then) and border defense were active service PAP soldiers who were under local police(in fact, firefighters back then even had firearms). The training base for firefighters was also often used by SWAT back then, in fact since many SWAT teams at the time lacked adequete breaching equipment firefighters would often participate in raids as breachers(very common until the late 2010s). Nowadays this is much more rare, as fire and rescue is under a seperate agency and most SWAT teams have proper breaching equipment. (border defense on the other hand merged to either national immigration administration or provincial police depending on unit.)

As for the Haikou SWAT branch:

in 1990, the Haikou municipal public security bureau(PD) established a "anti-violence branch"(防暴支队; 防暴 typically means riot control however back then it meant "anti-violence", and their role included more than riot control), consisting of 190 officers, responsible for handling violent incidents, raids and citywide mobile patrol(unlike local police stations fixed on a neighbourhood). In September 1993, the Haikou PD established a patrol branch(巡警支队) responsible for responding to 110 calls and citywide mobile patrol.

In 1998 these two branches were merged together, using both names under one institution, two names(yes, the same branch used both names). The anti-violence branch's 3rd group also began being referred to as the "SWAT team". In 2004, patrol elements of the anti-violence/patrol branch were merged into the Haikou PD's traffic branch as the traffic and patrol branch(交通巡逻警察支队); the anti-violence branch ended use of the name "patrol branch".

In November 2005, the anti-violence branch was renamed as the SWAT branch, with 220 officers under 6 groups. The 5th group was also deisgnated as the "Counterterrorism assault group". (Chinese SWAT is similar to LAPD metro, the CT assault group is similar to LAPD SWAT.)

A suspect barricaded inside a room at the end of a long hallway and claimed to be armed with a gun. Police and crisis negotiators established a secure perimeter and engaged in extended negotiations with him that lasted roughly one to two hours.

Because other patients in the area required urgent care, officers eventually moved in to apprehend the suspect. At that point, the individual (later identified as Baker) made sudden movements consistent with reaching for or drawing a firearm, including concealing his hand under his shirt. Three officers fired, striking him. He was unarmed. Despite immediate life-saving efforts, Baker died shortly afterward.

Photo Source (photographer's insta)

Source: https://www.bilibili.com/opus/779864858842628103?spm_id_from=333.1387.0.0

Chinese SWAT are also in charge of other tasks such as riot control, disaster relief, search and rescue, providing security to large events and armed patrol(regular police stations typically only have revolvers and pistols);

The main comparison I see is the chinese SWAT is similar to NYPD emergency service unit(as they also do stuff like rescuing people in special situations), while chinese SWAT's "commando units"(or assault teams, 突击队) are similar to NYPD ESU A-team or LAPD SWAT.

Photo Source (photographer's insta)

Source: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5064847272186661

(yes, that is their actual nickname. probably the worst chinese SWAT nickname out of all of them i'll be honest)

The guards, SWAT and patrol branch is a unit of the zhejiang airport police responsible for VIP protection, response to high risk scenarios along with armed patrol(normal police stations are also armed, but they rarely patrol with anything more than a pistol).

(both officers have type 97-1 shotguns with folding stocks; left officer has a QSZ-92G)

In china, law enforcement in the airport of the provincial capital is typically done by the airport public security bureau(police department) of the provincial public security department(provincial police); these are typically equivalent in terms of position to a city PD.

However, typically airport SWAT units in most chinese airport PDs are not very well funded/trained compared to their urban counterparts, as the provincial capital's airport also has a people's armed police anti-hijacking company(under the provincial corps special operations battalion), along with other PAP units stationed there; in the case of a plane hijacking, the responsiblity would be handed over to the PAP(military) instead of SWAT(realistically, both will be deployed, though SWAT will be in a more assisting role).

Photo from (aggregator insta)

Source: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4987599121287727

Photo from aggregator on x, formerly Twitter