Riot police, that is, special police, are the police who undertake some special tasks and are the killer elite among the police. Specializing in various special dangerous tasks, such as rescuing hostages and besieging terrorists or gangsters with high-powered weapons. Special police officers usually receive particularly strict semi-military training and use weapons better than ordinary police officers. Common equipment includes body armor, armored vehicles, light machine guns, carbines, high-lethal sniper rifles, tear gas bombs, smoke bombs, stun bombs and so on.

China Public Security Special Police refers to the special police team established within the public security system, and its organizational form is "Corps-Detachment-Brigade-Squadron". The functions overlap with those of the armed police, such as anti-terrorism, anti-explosion and anti-hijacking; Other functions: assisting other policemen (criminal police, traffic police, etc.). Perform tasks such as setting up checkpoints to check vehicles and arresting suspected gunmen.