The [[Republic of China (1912-19491912–1949)|Republic of China]] received 24,000 FN Model 24 and 30 from 1930 to 1934 and more than 165,000 Model 30 between 1937 and 1939.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=81}} The Model 30 was copied as the ''Type 21 rifle'' at the [[Guangdong|Kwantung]] Arsenal and ''Type 77 rifle'' (from 1937, year of the [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident]]) at the [[Zhejiang]] Iron Works.<ref name="Chinese">{{cite book|title=Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937–45|publisher=Helion & Company |isbn=9781910294420|date=July 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYQwDwAAQBAJ|first1=Leland|last1=Ness|first2=Bin|last2=Shih|page=262}}</ref> All these models were used during the [[Chinese Civil War]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=87}} and [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], being still in service at the end of [[World War II]]<ref>{{cite book|title=China's Wars: Rousing the Dragon 1894–1949|series=General Military|first= Philip|last= Jowett|date=20 Nov 2013 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|isbn=9781782004073 |page=333}}</ref> and during the [[Korean War]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=87}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=248}} Ex-Lithuanian FN 1930 rifles captured by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] were even supplied post-war to the [[People's Liberation Army]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=248}}
