Alongside the territorial forces, units roughly equivalent to PLA ground force regiments/brigades, some of which formerly subordinated to the disbanded 14 mobile divisions and some already established within the provincial commands, have been renamed "Mobile Detachments" (). Several of these Mobile Detachments are assigned to the provincial-level commands, in order to provide local authorities of rapid reaction forces. 26 provincial-level subdivisions have 1 Mobile Detachment in addition to the provincial force; seven subdivisions instead have more than one: Xinjiang: 7 Mobile Detachments; Beijing: 4 Mobile Detachments; Sichuan: 4 Mobile Detachments; Yunnan: 3 Mobile Detachments; Tibet: 3 Mobile Detachments; Qinghai: 2 Mobile Detachments; Shanghai: 2 Mobile Detachments. Generally, western provinces with a large non-Han population have more Mobile Detachments than those in China's interior.
Alongside the territorial forces units roughly equivalent to PLA ground force regiments/brigades, some of which formerly subordinated to the disbanded 14 mobile divisions and some already established within the provincial commands, have been renamed "Mobile Detachments" () Several of these Mobile Detachments are assigned to the provincial-level commands, in order to provide local authorities of rapid reaction forces. 26 provincial-level subdivisions have 1 Mobile Detachment in addition to the provincial force; seven subdivisions instead have more than one: Xinjiang: 7 Mobile Detachments; Beijing: 4 Mobile Detachments; Sichuan: 4 Mobile Detachments; Yunnan: 3 Mobile Detachments; Tibet: 3 Mobile Detachments; Qinghai: 2 Mobile Detachments; Shanghai: 2 Mobile Detachments. Generally, western provinces with a large non-Han population have more Mobile Detachments than those in China's interior.