Is the full-time border defense officer recruited by the state?

yes. According to the query of Netease News Network, the recruitment of full-time border defense officers is organized by the state, mainly engaged in the daily management and border patrol of border defense stations, using physical defense facilities to carry out the work of patrolling, guarding and fixing the border, and completing other tasks assigned by higher authorities and local party committees and governments. The hired personnel are assigned by the border defense office of the local government to the joint defense office in the jurisdiction to carry out the work.