[Explanation] In Jinan, Shandong, 63-year-old Lin Yuhui was once the chief simulation portrait expert of the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department and one of the first police officers in China to engage in crime simulation portraits.

Based on fuzzy surveillance images, photos or verbal descriptions of witnesses, it is his unique skill to quickly draw simulated portraits.

For more than ten years, Lin Yuhui has kept his paintbrushes and hand-painted more than 100,000 portraits.

With a paintbrush, he is searching for the code of human appearance, tracing people hard to find people, and arresting the perpetrators with a pen.

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　　(I) I learned painting from my grandfather, and influenced by my grandfather since I was a child, I have always been painting figures.

I joined the public security work in 1980 and worked in the Jinan Traffic Police Brigade. I drew some big publicity signs on the side of the road back then, that is, the traffic police pay tribute to people who obey the traffic order.

In 1987, he was transferred to the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department and worked as an art editor.

In 2004 (transferred) to the Criminal Investigation Bureau of Shandong Provincial Public Security Department, engaged in technical work.

By chance (situation), I started to study simulated portraits.

At that time, our Shandong Provincial Public Security Department did not have the technique of criminal imitation portraits.

　　[Explanation] Lin Yuhui took the initiative to study the simulated portraits, practice character sketching anytime and anywhere, and study the facial features of people.

In 2006, Lin Yuhui applied self-taught simulated portraits to the case to help solve the case successfully.

Since then, he has participated in thousands of cases and assisted the domestic and foreign police in cracking a number of major criminal cases.

It is worth mentioning that painting the real murderer of the "Zhang Yingying case" and the latest simulated portrait of the Guangdong child abduction case "Aunt Mei". Eventually, he turned from an "outside man" to an insider, and gradually gained the reputation of "the magical police detective".

　　[Explanation] Lin Yuhui retired in 2018, but "retirement without rest" has become his current daily state.

Lin Yuhui started to implement the "Double Hundred" plan set before the implementation-free portraits of 100 revolutionary martyrs and 100 abducted children.

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　　The portrait of the martyrs began in 2017.

Over the years, I have traveled to 7 provinces and 21 cities, and searched for more than 400 people, all descendants of martyrs. I travelled more than 10,000 kilometers. So far, I have completed 107 (martyr portraits).

I think I have to continue to do this work. I only painted more than 100 people. In fact, countless martyrs gave their lives during the war years. I think this is a rescue work.

　　[Explanation] As part of the "Double Hundred" project, the portraits of 100 abducted children have been completed this year, and many abducted children have been reunited with their parents.

Looking back on his path to simulated portraits, Lin Yuhui believes that there is a case or story behind every simulated portrait. To become a qualified simulated portraitist, you need to have strong painting skills, long-term thinking training and professional skills.

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　　In addition to having excellent character drawing skills, simulated portraits also need to study some anatomy, some faces, some human expressions and expressions.

China is a vast territory, and people in each province have certain characteristics and its laws. This requires long-term research and repeated consideration.

　　[Explanation] In Lin Yuhui's view, in China, simulated portrait technology plays an important role in criminal investigation, solving cases, and public welfare assistance, but it faces problems such as lack of talents and insufficient attention.

He believes that simulated portraits have no national boundaries, and Chinese simulated portrait workers should go out, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and carry out international dissemination.

　　Zhang Shun reports from Jinan, Shandong

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]