A total of 80,000 security guards, including police officers,
professional security people, and government-approved volunteers,
will join the security service forces for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing next
year.
The authorities would launch educational campaigns so they would
offer "cordial, civilized, professional and high-quality" security
services for the Games in August, said Ma Zhenchuan, police chief
of Beijing, at an international forum on Monday.
So far, 25,000 security guards have been given orientation on
the Olympic Games, international etiquette, different customs of
religions and nations, first-aid, and emergency responses.
The Beijing police department had even compiled 17 textbooks for
the training of all the security servicemen, as well as local
residents.
To prevent any security issues from spoiling the party, the
Chinese government has worked out 52 security plans and more than
500 smaller contingency plans concerning the operations of Olympic
venues, anti-terror work, information collection and major
events.
"The Chinese government is fully confident, well-equipped and
capable of ensuring the smooth operation of the Beijing Olympics,"
said Liu Jing, Vice-Minister of Public Security, at the same
forum.
Beijing and other host cities, including Qingdao, Tianjin,
Shanghai, Qinghuangdao and Hong Kong, had set up their own security
headquarters for the Olympics, and the Ministry of Public Security
would oversee their operations, he said.
Residential communities had also been mobilized in many cities
to crack down on illegal activities, Liu said.
(Xinhua News Agency September 11, 2007)