In the past, the rank badge of the armed police hung on the shoulders like the People's Liberation Army. In 2008, the People's Liberation Army changed its leadership, and so did the Armed Police. But later, the headquarters made a clearer distinction between the army and the police force. In order to make it easier to distinguish the PLA from the armed police in appearance (in fact, it was a cover-up, giving people an international image of peace-loving and reducing military power), and the previous style was restored. However, clothes that have been made and even distributed to various units should not be wasted, but should continue to be used. So now the Armed Police Force has two styles of clothes.