http://www.nytimes.c...ia/28china.html
They do have the permission to handle terror attacks though.It pretty much is the Emergency service unit in China.
To make things seem clearer. Being "Armed Police" means they have weapons training with some type of weapon. They may given some officers standard military battle gear. Unlikely they have 800,000 battle gear for each officer. Plus all officers are spread within China. So you might have a standard smaller number of officers in a area. Plus I didn't see a full-time, part-time, or On-call status for them. Then all may have military but not Swat training.
Your not SWAT a unless you have the training. Giving SWAT training to a very large group cost a lot and time.
I think France and England has a Police force like "Armed Police" in China. But they are not seen as Swat.
Emergency service for nation defense is apply in many police forces. In Japan the Nation Police Force is uses as last defense in a Emergency. That they may have battle equipment for some officers in the department. But they are still normal Police officers.
Unless they every one of them wear a uniform that says SWAT, SAT, SRU, etc. on them. But they are not listed as a SWAT unit any way.