China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Tuesday reported the sector's performance in the third quarter of this year, highlighting intensified crackdowns on crimes obstructing national border control, alongside drug trafficking and smuggling in border regions.
At a press conference in Beijing, Lyu Ning, NIA's spokeswoman, briefed the media on the nationwide law enforcement efforts against such offenses during the period.
In the third quarter, immigration authorities across the country investigated 4,432 cases of crimes that impaired national border control, arresting over 12,000 suspects, dismantling 100 major criminal syndicates, and overseeing the investigation of 66 major cases.
In addition, the authorities cracked down on gun and explosive-related crimes, drug trafficking, and smuggling at ports and along borders, solving 110 drug-related cases, arresting 123 suspects, and seizing 1.88 tons of illegal drugs, according to the spokeswoman.
"In the third quarter, we kept a close eye on the regional and regular characteristics of crimes obstructing border control. We focused on prominent issues such as organizing Chinese citizens to illegally exit the country for telecom and online fraud, as well as organizing foreigners to enter China illegally for employment. We launched a new round of special fugitive-apprehension campaigns, carried out targeted rectifications in key border areas and illegal immigration agencies, and strengthened cross-border law enforcement cooperation with key countries and regions to maintain order in international travel and border control," Lyu said.
China intensifies crackdowns on border crimes in Q3
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang attended the inauguration ceremony of China National Data Group Co., Ltd., a new state-owned enterprise (SOE) directly administered by the central government, in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province, on Tuesday.
Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the establishment of the enterprise is of great significance for seizing opportunities in artificial intelligence, accelerating the building of Digital China, and fostering new competitive advantages for the country.
Headquartered in Xiongan New Area, the newly established enterprise is tasked with specializing in the development and utilization of data resources.
It is positioned as a national team for data services, a leader in data infrastructure connectivity and a strategic force for national data sci-tech innovation.
Ding urged the enterprise to improve data-related services, accelerate the development of data infrastructure, step up efforts to achieve breakthroughs in key and core technologies, and play a strategic, leading and supporting role in the data sector.
He also called on relevant government departments to step up support, local authorities to ensure the necessary resources, and related enterprises to strengthen cooperation to build a concerted effort to promote the development of the data industry.
Ding also inspected Xiongan New Area. During the inspection tour, he stressed the need to firmly adhere to the area's functional positioning and advance the relocation of Beijing's non-capital functions to Xiongan more effectively and in an orderly manner. He also called for stronger policy support and services to take the high-quality development of the area to a new level.
Chinese vice premier attends inauguration of state-owned enterprise focused on data
