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{{Short description|Former People's Liberation Army unit}}
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|name=120th Division 
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|parent=[[40th Army (People's Republic of China)|40th Army]]
|subordinate=[[358th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|358th Regiment]]<br>[[359th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|359th Regiment]]<br>[[360th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|360th Regiment]] 
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The '''120th Armed Police Division''' was a division in the [[People's Armed Police]].

==History==
The '''120th Division''' was a military formation of the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] as part of the [[Chinese People's Volunteers]] (CPV) during the [[Korean War]]. It had a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the [[40th Army (People's Republic of China)|40th Army]], and consisted of the [[358th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|358th]], [[359th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|359th]], and [[360th Regiment (People's Republic of China)|360th]] Regiments.<ref>{{Cite book| chapter-url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/sn39.htm| chapter = XXXIX The Big Question| last = Appleman| first = Roy E.| title = South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu| page = 768| id = CMH Pub 20-2-1| publisher = [[United States Army Center of Military History]]| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm| year = 1992| access-date = 2010-07-22| archive-date = 2013-11-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131102112322/http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>

In 1996 it was renamed to the '''120th Armed Police Division''', also called Unit 8620 and was headquartered in [[Xingcheng]], [[Huludao]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2006-07-31 |title=陈晓琨孙兆林张东生阎生郑宏伟慰问驻葫官兵 |url=http://www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2006-07/31/content_7653876.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130105122403/http://www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2006-07/31/content_7653876.htm |archivedate=2013-01-05 |access-date=2018-02-22 |publisher=[[新华网]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2007-02-13 |title=市领导深入驻葫部队走访慰问 |url=http://www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2007-02/13/content_9304061.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130105110725/http://www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2007-02/13/content_9304061.htm |archivedate=2013-01-05 |access-date=2018-02-22 |publisher=新华网}}</ref> It consisted of the [[355th Armed Police Regiment]] stationed in [[Chaoyang, Liaoning|Chaoying]], [[359th Armed Police Regiment]] stationed in [[Xingcheng]], [[Huludao]], the [[360th Armed Police Regiment]] stationed in [[Chifeng]]  [[701st Armed Police Regiment]] stationed in [[Xingcheng]], [[Huludao]].

In 2017 the division was merged into the [[117th Armed Police Mobile Division|1st Mobile Contingent]].

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[[Category:Units and formations of the People's Armed Police]]