According to Article 5 of Chapter II of the Gun Control Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), public security organs, state security organs, prisons and reeducation-through-labor institutions, judicial police of people's courts, judicial police of people's procuratorates, prosecutors who undertake case investigation tasks, and customs anti-smuggling personnel can be equipped with official guns if they really need to use guns.

Full-time guards and escorts of important military, financial, warehousing, scientific research and other units of the state may be equipped with guns for official use if it is really necessary to use guns to perform guard and escort tasks.

In addition, according to Article 9 of Chapter III of the Regulations on the Use of Police Equipment and Weapons in People's Republic of China (PRC), the people's police can use weapons in any of the following violent crimes:

(a) arson, water bursting, explosion and other serious hazards to public safety;

(2) hijacking an airplane, a ship, a train, a motor vehicle, or driving a motor vehicle such as a car or a ship, and intentionally endangering public safety;

(3) robbing or robbing guns, ammunition, explosives, toxic substances and other dangerous goods, which seriously endangers public safety;

(four) the use of firearms, explosives, toxic and other dangerous goods to commit a crime or threaten to use firearms, explosives, toxic and other dangerous goods to commit a crime;

(five) the destruction of military, communications, transportation, energy, insurance and other important facilities, enough to cause serious and imminent danger to public safety;

(six) the implementation of murder, hostage-taking and other violent acts, endangering the safety of citizens;

(7) Guards, guards, watchdog and other objects and targets specified by the state are attacked or destroyed by violence, or are in imminent danger of being attacked or destroyed by violence;

(eight) gang robbery or armed robbery of public or private property;

(nine) affray, affray, etc. Seriously undermining public order, which cannot be stopped by other means;

(10) resisting or obstructing the people's police from performing their duties according to law by violent means or violently attacking the people's police, endangering the life safety of the people's police;

(eleven) criminals and prisoners gathered to make trouble, riot, kill or escape;

(12) robbing criminals or criminals;

(13) resisting arrest or fleeing after committing arson, breaking water, explosion, murder, robbery or other serious violent crimes; (14) Criminals resist arrest or escape with guns, explosives, toxic substances and other dangerous goods;

(fifteen) other circumstances in which weapons can be used as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

If the people's police use weapons in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, which may lead to more serious harmful consequences without warning or after warning, they may directly use weapons.