Guangzhou plans more beat officers, surveillance cameras on major roads and in communities in the battle against crime
Guangzhou will expand its police force and install surveillance cameras in public places as part of measures over the next five years to control the crime rate, Mayor Zhang Guangning said yesterday.
On the sidelines of the Guangdong People's Congress meeting, Mr Zhang said the security situation had improved, but not to the satisfaction of residents.
'There is a problem, but it's not incurable,' he said. 'Security is better than before and improving by the year, but many people are coming here to do business and to work. Thieves come, too.
'We've made a lot of effort but it's not satisfactory to residents. In future, we will strengthen the police force.
'It's not a matter of more patrol cars but of police officers visible on the streets.'
Mr Zhang said the 11th Five-Year Plan would provide for an additional 500 special police and 1,000 plain-clothes officers, apart from an increase in the number of beat officers.