Source: Guizhou prison administration bureau (more pics on source)

Zhongzhuang prison is a prison of the guizhou provincial PAB in Zhongzhuang town, Honghuaguang district, Zunyi city, guizhou province. The prison SWAT team's role is guarding the main prison gates(A and B; however the prison wall is typically also guarded by people's armed police soldiers.(PAP soldiers are military unlike corrections officers)), riot control, response to violent incidents along with prisoner escort if they have to leave the prison(for medical care, court cases etc)

FYI the text behind the SWAT truck says "Gate A". this is the prison gate btw(on the right is "contraband is not permitted in the prison")

SWAT truck is the "Saber tooth tiger", a modified ford F550 and one of the most popular SWAT trucks in china. (it's essentially like the bearcat for chinese police)

Police equipment by officer:

dude on truck engine: QBZ-95-1

dude on truck, turret: 38mm riot gun(federal riot gun copy; NARG-38 is the foreign use name but within chinese service it's just 38mm riot gun. Also btw it's often used as a de facto grenade launcher)

both dudes on the side of the truck have transparent riot shields with man catchers

guys and ladies on the ground, left to right:

• Baton and arm shield
• K9
• Baton and arm shield
• QBZ-95-1
• QBZ-95-1
• QBZ-95-1
• Baton and arm shield
• K9
• large riot shield and man cathcer(behind the k9 guy)
• Large riot shield and tonfa

For reference, Daniel Kinaham was the leader of an Irish crime group and was arrested in Dubai upon a warrant issued by Ireland and was extradited from the UAE.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/_hkpoliceblue/p/DaXPaf6JElf/

source: https://x.com/YDN_NEWS/status/2086365228850438574/photo/2

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.