China police granted unified certificate
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-30 11:37
Nearly 1.6 million Chinese policemen will work with
unified certificates for the first time since the founding of the People's
Republic in 1949, aiming to facilitate easy identification and combat faking.
A new police ID card is displayed at a press conference
hosted by the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing on Tuesday, May 30,
2006. [CIIC] |
Nearly 1.6 million Chinese policemen will work with
unified certificates for the first time since the founding of the People's
Republic in 1949, aiming to facilitate easy identification and combat faking.
Fan Jingyu, a senior official in charge of personnel training with the
Ministry of Public Security (MOPS) said at a press conference here Tuesday that
from January 1 next year, former certificates issued by local public security
administrations will be banned from using.
"All policemen in service
should use the unified certificate granted by the MOPS," he said.
Experts said that the introduction of the new certificate will help
ordinary people identify who is the real policeman, and ease the tension between
the public and the cops in some places.
The certificate is a billfold
carrying a special card. On the face of the billfold bares the words "China
Police" in Chinese and on its back is "CHINA POLICE" in English, according to
Fan.
With a sort of special technology, the card is highly
anti-counterfeiting, and it contains full information about the holder,
including a digital color photo, name, gender, date of birth, post,
number-badge, rank, blood type and term of validity.
"We specify the
blood type of relevant holders in the certificate to ensure timely medical
treatment in case of emergency," Cao explained.
The first group of cops
to use the card will be from the municipalities and provinces of Beijing,
Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangdong and Shaanxi, on Wednesday this week, Fan
said.
He noted that before the new certificate was introduced, cops in
different Chinese provinces and regions used different certificates.
"The situation makes it difficult for the police to carry out
cross-region investigations, and it is inconvenient for common people to
identify and coordinate with the cops, " he said.
In addition, the
unified certificate will help promote international cooperation, he said, adding
that illegal manufacturing, selling, holding or using the certificate will be
severely punished in accordance with relevant laws.
Cao also noted that
armed police forces will not be granted the new certificate because they are
regarded as military personnel on active service. They hold special certificates
of their own.
The introduction of unified certificate is part of the
MOPS' efforts to achieve a more standardized management of the police force.
Earlier this year, China has launched a program to upgrade police
stations nationwide to make them have the same outlook, so the public can
distinguish them from other buildings.
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