The director of the provincial public security department is the police title awarded by the minister of public security to the main person in charge of the public security organs of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.

The emblem of China People's Police, with Tiananmen Square in the middle and ears of grain and gears around it, symbolizes that China People's Police is a strong pillar of the people's democratic dictatorship in People's Republic of China (PRC), and shows that China People's Police is an armed police, defending national security and people's peace.