China sees 25.7% drop in criminal cases in 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China sees 25.7% drop in criminal cases in 2024

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China witnessed a 25.7-percent decline in criminal cases in 2024 compared to the previous year, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday, which marks China's fifth national police day. Cases of public security remained largely unchanged, and the overall public safety situation remained stable, the ministry told a press conference. Public security authorities solved over 17,000 cases related to food and drug safety crimes across the country, according to the ministry, adding that police solved more than 78,000 economic crimes, recovering 30.67 billion yuan in financial losses. On the frontlines of fighting crime and safeguarding public safety, 208 police officers lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024, according to the ministry.

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China sees over 40% drop in drunken driving cases
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China sees over 40% drop in drunken driving cases

China Daily  

Thanks to great efforts in preventing drunken driving, China saw a drop in cases last year, Hou Yahui, an official from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said on Monday. From January to November, some 303,000 people were indicted on the charge of dangerous driving, down 42.3 percent year-on-year, he said, adding that the decline was due to new guidelines on drunken …

Police crack down on food, drug, environment, and IP rights offenses
2 months, 1 week ago

Police crack down on food, drug, environment, and IP rights offenses

China Daily  

Police in China investigated as many as 91,000 criminal cases in the fields of food and medicine safety, intellectual property rights, and environment in 2024, the Ministry of Public Security said. In September last year, the ministry disclosed six typical cases, one of which was detected in April in Fushun, Northeast China's Liaoning province, where local police captured 16 suspects …

Beijing police enhance overseas cooperation in crackdown against telecom fraud
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Beijing police enhance overseas cooperation in crackdown against telecom fraud

China Daily  

Beijing police intensified the law enforcement cooperation against telecom and online fraud overseas last year, bringing a total of 127 suspects back to Beijing for further investigation, the Municipal Public Security Bureau said. The bureau released the data at a press conference on Thursday, one day before the Chinese People's Police Day, which falls every Jan 10, corresponding with the …

China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society
1 year, 3 months ago

China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society

Hindustan Times  

ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, in the north-eastern city of Yanji, a police officer discovered that his pistol had gone missing. In 2004 the ministry of public security, under the slogan “murder cases must be solved”, began pushing local authorities to quickly achieve at least an 85% success rate in such cases. A study in 2006, for example, showed that over 50% …

双语新闻播报（March 6）
2 years ago

双语新闻播报（March 6）

China Daily  

> Chinese police report major organized crime crackdown 去年160余个涉黑组织被打掉 Chinese police dismantled more than 160 organized crime groups and 1,520 criminal gangs in 2022 amid ongoing efforts to combat organized crime, the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday. 2022年共破获各类刑事案件2万余起，有力巩固了扫黑除恶专项斗争成果。自2018年开始，全国开展为期三年的扫黑除恶专项斗争。 The police took down 28 organized crime groups and 229 gangs active in rural areas, effectively maintaining social order in …

China's virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened
3 years ago

China's virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened

The Independent  

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WHO calls China's antivirus effort 'aggressive, agile'
5 years ago

WHO calls China's antivirus effort 'aggressive, agile'

China Daily  

Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19’s foreign expert panel, holds up a chart showing the results of China’s epidemic control efforts at a news conference in Beijing on Monday. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY While the substantial recent slowdown in the spread of novel coronavirus in China is real, and it is now reasonable to restore …

Global collaboration will be increased to fight drug crimes by foreigners
7 years, 8 months ago

Global collaboration will be increased to fight drug crimes by foreigners

China Daily  

China would like to strengthen intelligence sharing and joint law enforcement with other nations to combat drug offenses committed by foreigners, according to the Ministry of Public Security. "The number of drug cases involving foreigners handled by Chinese police was stable last year compared with 2015, but the situation remains grim, particularly in some key regions such as Shanghai, Guangdong, …

Global collaboration will be increased to fight drug crimes by foreigners
7 years, 8 months ago

Global collaboration will be increased to fight drug crimes by foreigners

China Daily  

China would like to strengthen intelligence sharing and joint law enforcement with other nations to combat drug offenses committed by foreigners, according to the Ministry of Public Security. "The number of drug cases involving foreigners handled by Chinese police was stable last year compared with 2015, but the situation remains grim, particularly in some key regions such as Shanghai, Guangdong, …

Drug gang suspects die in shootout
8 years, 1 month ago

Drug gang suspects die in shootout

China Daily  

Officers injured in Yunnan incident Two drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police and 330 kilograms of narcotics were confiscated in the Yunnan province incident, China's National Narcotics Control Commission said on Wednesday. The two resisted arrest and exchanged fire with police in Dehong prefecture on Saturday as they entered China from Myanmar driving two sport utility vehicles, …

Drug gang suspects die in shootout
8 years, 1 month ago

Drug gang suspects die in shootout

China Daily  

Officers injured in Yunnan incident Two drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police and 330 kilograms of narcotics were confiscated in the Yunnan province incident, China's National Narcotics Control Commission said on Wednesday. The two resisted arrest and exchanged fire with police in Dehong prefecture on Saturday as they entered China from Myanmar driving two sport utility vehicles, …

China official stresses crackdown on economic crimes
8 years, 7 months ago

China official stresses crackdown on economic crimes

China Daily  

A senior official of the Communist Party of China has urged police to keep a firm hand on economic crimes, with a focus on supervision and risk prevention. Meng cited contract fraud, counterfeiting and copyright infringement as frequent economic crimes that police should firmly focus on, in addition to key areas such as corruption and bribery. Official figures released by …

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years
8 years, 7 months ago

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years

China Daily  

BEIJING - Chinese police have cracked 815,000 economic crime cases since 2011, recovering losses 300 billion yuan, according to a statement on Thursday. Such crimes, including banking card fraud, illegal fundraising and pyramid selling, have "put China's economic security at risk," the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement, adding that these crimes have reached housing, job market, environmental …

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years
8 years, 7 months ago

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years

China Daily  

BEIJING - Chinese police have cracked 815,000 economic crime cases since 2011, recovering losses 300 billion yuan, according to a statement on Thursday. Such crimes, including banking card fraud, illegal fundraising and pyramid selling, have "put China's economic security at risk," the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement, adding that these crimes have reached housing, job market, environmental …

China has one of the lowest homicide rates in the world
9 years, 5 months ago

China has one of the lowest homicide rates in the world

China Daily  

Police officers patrol a public square near the Zhengzhou Railway Station in Henan province in January. XIANG MINGCHAO / CHINA DAILY Homicide rate in China is as low as Switzerland, a country known as one of the safest nations, reported Southern Metropolis Daily on Thursday. "The homicide rate in China in 2014 is 0.7 per 100,000 residents, which is better …

Chinese economic crime suspects repatriated
10 years, 7 months ago

Chinese economic crime suspects repatriated

China Daily  

BEIJING - Two suspects in a major economic crime recently gave themselves up and returned to China from Cambodia after being at large for ten years, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday. The chase dates back to July 2004 when police in North China's Shanxi province found 30-plus suspects, including the two, surnamed Zhu and Kong, lured 35 …

Drug crimes, busts up over 20% since 2013
10 years, 9 months ago

Drug crimes, busts up over 20% since 2013

China Daily  

A sniffer dog hunts for contraband during a public open-day event held by the customs office in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Sunday. Anti-narcotics officers uncovered 151,000 drug-related crimes and arrested 168,000 suspects across the country last year, up more than 20 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry. "Huge market demand and the lure of large profits all contributed to the …

公安部：涉枪毒品案件明显增加
11 years, 10 months ago

公安部：涉枪毒品案件明显增加

China Daily  

查看原文 Chinese police detained 61,300 suspects and handled 53,000 cases in a recent crackdown on drug crimes, the Ministry of Public Security said. Police also smashed 274 manufacturing dens and seized 4,438 tons of chemicals and other raw materials used for producing narcotics, the ministry said. In addition, gun-related drug crimes have increased sharply, with national anti-drug police seizing 739 …

New drugs and young addicts fan crime rates
13 years, 9 months ago

New drugs and young addicts fan crime rates

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手 Drug-related crime has become much more common on the mainland in recent years as an increasing number of addicts have resorted to robbery and other violent crimes to fund their habits, according to a spokesman from the Supreme People's Court on Tuesday. During the first five months of this year, China's courts heard 25,986 cases involving drugs and …

Southern province hit hard by drugs
15 years, 8 months ago

Southern province hit hard by drugs

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 GUANGZHOU: About 2.5 tons of drugs and 180 tons of drug-producing chemicals have been seized in the past five months, the provincial public security department said. Customs and public security authorities in Guangdong said more than 3,500 drug-related cases involving nearly 4,600 suspects were investigated in the same period. In a special campaign launched on May 18, police raided …

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