Beijing tightening security ahead of APEC
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BEIJING is ramping up security ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting by setting up more checkpoints and police stations.
According to an official with the Beijing Municipal Security Bureau, the city has set up 22 checkpoints, 38 temporary roadblocks and 140 rural roadblocks, strengthening vehicle checks around the clock.
In the past 10 months, police have seized 1,003 suspects, 1,235.3 grams of drugs, 881 kilograms of dangerous chemicals, more than 1,000 knives, and illegal fireworks through vehicle checks.
In downtown Beijing, 161 police stations are equipped with bulletproof helmets, knife-proof uniforms and explosion-proof blankets, said Zhang Jing, vice head of the patrolmen contingent with the security bureau.
Police have also added X-ray machines, security gates, detectors and explosive-removal robots so as to improve security checks in China’s capital.
Police have bought a medium-sized helicopter for use during the APEC summit.
“It will be used to take high definition photos and send them back,” said Zhu Pengfei, an officer with the airmen contingent of the bureau.
A series of APEC meetings on the theme “Shaping the Future through Asia-Pacific Partnership” will be held from tomorrow to next Wednesday in Beijing, one of the city’s highest-profile international events since the 2008 Olympics.
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