China's public security authorities cracked down hard on telecom and online fraud nationwide in 2025, solving 258,000 related cases and curbing the surge of such crimes, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.
At a press briefing in Beijing, the ministry said police forces across the country operated under unified deployment and in accordance with laws including the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law, which took effect in late 2022. The intensified efforts aimed to better safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the public.
Through targeted operations, the ministry arrested and busted a total of 542 financiers, ringleaders and core members of fraud syndicates, according to the ministry.
In partnership with other competent departments, police intercepted 3.6 billion scam phone calls and blocked 3.3 billion fraudulent text messages, while urgently freezing 21.707 million yuan in funds linked to fraud activities.
Police across the country also carried out 6.747 million in-person warnings and dissuasion talks to prevent potential victims from falling prey to scams, the ministry said.
Zhang Ming, spokeswoman for the ministry, said international law enforcement cooperation remained a key pillar of the crackdown.
"Based on bilateral and multilateral channels, we have dispatched working teams to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and other countries on multiple occasions to carry out police and law enforcement cooperation, destroying a large number of overseas scam dens. In response to the severe situation of telecom and online fraud crimes involving Chinese nationals in Myanmar's Myawaddy area, China has established a tripartite coordination mechanism with Myanmar and Thailand. So far, more than 7,600 Chinese suspects involved in telecom fraud in the Myawaddy area have been repatriated to China," she said.
China cracks 258,000 telecom fraud cases in 2025
The Chinese naval hospital ship, Silk Road Ark, carried out a medical rescue drill in Atlantic waters during its Mission Harmony 2025, testing its capability to provide medical support during long-distance deployments.
The drill marked the vessel's first overseas medical-support exercise in unfamiliar waters in 2026, designed to simulate real-world emergency response scenarios far from home ports.
It brought together the hospital ship, a sea-based medical facility and shipborne helicopters in a coordinated rescue operation.
The exercise was conducted against a simulated backdrop of a commercial vessel in distress on the high seas with multiple casualties. After receiving the emergency signals, a shipborne helicopter immediately took off under an aerial evacuation plan, transferring simulated injured personnel to the triage area for rapid assessment and emergency treatment.
As part of the exercise, medical teams practiced a time-sensitive rescue approach, combining casualty transfer, triage and treatment to ensure prompt and accurate assessment of injuries under operational conditions.
"We followed the principle of providing treatment while transferring and carrying out triage and rescuing, ensuring that casualties are correctly assessed at the earliest time possible. If a patient is in a critical condition, we must carry out necessary emergency treatment in the triage area. Once vital signs are relatively stable, the patient is then transferred to an appropriate treatment unit," said Jiang Yingbo, a member of the Mission Harmony 2025.
Severely injured patients were transferred to intensive care units for further observation and treatment after surgery. A medical expert group then conducted timely consultations to formulate targeted treatment plans.
Under complex sea conditions in distant waters, the drill covered multiple training modules including maritime evacuation, triage, emergency treatment and surgery, strengthening the military medical ship's integrated emergency medical response, and enhancing the navy's far-sea medical support capability, according to the authorities.
Chinese navy hospital ship drills medical rescue in Atlantic waters
