China News Service, Beijing, July 14 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) Liu Yunfeng, director of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China, stated in Beijing on the 14th that China's counter-terrorism work has made great progress and various counter-terrorism measures have been effectively implemented.
The current anti-terrorism situation in China is stable, the society continues to be safe and stable, and there have been no violent terrorist incidents in the country for more than four years.
On the same day, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference in Beijing to inform public security organs across the country of their anti-terrorist work.
Liu Yunfeng said at the meeting that at present, there are frequent terrorist attacks around the world, and the stimulus and demonstration effect on violent and terrorist extremists is strong. Many countries, including China, are still facing the real threat of terrorism.
The risk of individual personnel carrying out sabotage activities under the instigation and instigation of foreign terrorist forces cannot be completely ruled out.
In particular, the “East-Iranian Movement” terrorist organization used the Internet to publish violent and terrorist audio and video abroad, promoted terrorist ideas, taught weapon use and explosion control technology, and continuously sent trainees to sneak into our territory to plan and implement terrorist activities.
Affected by the security situation in some countries and regions, the terrorist threats faced by our overseas institutions and personnel have increased.
In October 2001, China established the National Anti-terrorist Work Leading Agency to unify the leadership and command of the national anti-terrorist work. The office is located in the Ministry of Public Security.
Under this leadership mechanism, the foreign affairs, public security, national security, cybersecurity and informatization, finance, emergency management and other departments work together to carry out counter-terrorism intelligence and information collection and research, investigation and handling of terrorist activities, prevention and response to terrorism-related risks, de-radicalization, and counter-terrorism. International cooperation and other work.
Local anti-terrorism leadership agencies have also been established in various places.
Liu Yunfeng pointed out that China has actively strengthened its anti-terrorism rule of law work, and insisted on paying equal attention to the prevention and combating of terrorist activities and the protection of human rights.
On the one hand, the anti-terrorist legal system has been continuously improved to provide support for the normalized and standardized development of anti-terrorism work; the criminal law, the criminal procedure law, the anti-money laundering law, and the emergency response law have been revised successively.
In January 2016, the "Counter-Terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China" was formally implemented, and systematically stipulated the system and mechanism of counter-terrorism work, identification of terrorist organizations and personnel, security precautions, intelligence information, investigation and handling, and safeguard measures.
In 2018, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Handling of Terrorist Activities and Extremist Criminal Cases", setting out the conviction standards, case handling procedures, use of evidence, and The working mechanism is further clarified and regulated.
On the other hand, China’s anti-terrorism work has always been people-oriented, respecting and protecting human rights, and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens and organizations. In the process of cracking down on terrorist activities and crimes in accordance with the law, we have always insisted that everyone is equal before the law and opposed linking terrorism to specific regions, ethnic groups, and religions. (Finish)