China's public security authority vowed yesterday to further
upgrade its technology and equipment by learning from developed
countries and by speeding up technological exchanges between
Chinese police and their foreign counterparts.
"Great efforts should be made to upgrade police equipment," said
Tian Qiqu, vice-minister of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),
"because the speedy development of police technology and equipment
is the cornerstone of public security work."
Tian made the remarks at the opening of the first China
International Exhibition on Police Technology and Equipment which
opened yesterday and will run through Friday in Beijing.
Approved by the MPS and the Ministry of Science and Technology, the
event attracted 110 exhibitors from 18 countries including Brazil,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the United States; as well
153 domestic factories, said sources with the Organizing Committee
of the event. Exhibits ranged from police helicopters, arms,
protective and telecommunication equipment to police vehicles and
uniforms.
In
recent years, Chinese police have upgraded their equipment at a
fast speed by utilizing the latest technology. However, equipment
used by Chinese police is far from satisfactory due to the lack of
unified standardization and the gap between eastern and western
regions, experts say.
Due to its fast economic development and because of the
preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will
become an important police equipment market in the future, said
Bertrand Marechaux, president director-general of the CIVI-POL
Conseil from France.
According to Marechaux, there are 25 police equipment companies
attending the on-going exhibition.
The exhibition will become a biannual event starting year,
organizers said.
(China
Daily June 12, 2002)