During the National Day holiday, criminal police incidents in China dropped by 23.7% year-on-year

China News Service, Beijing, October 7th. Reporters learned from the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 7th that as of 16:00 on the 7th, the overall social situation across the country during the National Day holiday was stable and the public security order was good. Criminal and public security incidents dropped by 23.7% and 7% respectively year-on-year. More than 2,700 large-scale activities were safe and smooth. Road traffic across the country was generally stable and orderly, and tourist attractions were in order.

During this year’s National Day holiday, people will travel intensively, with dense flows of people, vehicles and large-scale activities. During the holidays, local public security agencies deployed an average of 420,000 police officers for social patrols every day, effectively strengthening patrols and prevention in key locations and crowded places such as tourist attractions, bustling neighborhoods, and transportation hubs, and intensified efforts to crack down on telecommunications network fraud, "theft, robbery," "pornography, gambling, and drugs" and other crimes that are prone to occur during the festival. The immigration management department strengthened port and border service management to ensure smooth customs clearance for 14.21 million passengers.

In view of the traffic characteristics and travel patterns during the holidays, public security and traffic control departments in various places have strengthened the control of traffic on main highways, around scenic spots and on roads prone to congestion, and strictly investigated traffic violations such as "three excesses and one fatigue" (speeding, overcrowding, overloading and fatigue driving), drunk driving and so on, to ensure that the country's road traffic is generally smooth and orderly. Railway and civil aviation public security agencies have comprehensively strengthened safety prevention and control on trains and flights to ensure safe travel for passengers.

In response to the "overflow" of people in tourist attractions and the substantial increase in large-scale events, local public security agencies have worked closely with relevant departments to strengthen monitoring and early warning of people flow, and strengthened safety protection in places prone to gathering and congestion, ensuring that more than 2,700 large-scale activities and more than 4,500 key scenic spots are in good order.