China News Service, June 23. The Ministry of Public Security held a press conference on June 23 to inform the national public security organs of the new achievements and new achievements in the new era of drug control work, and released the "2021 China Drug Situation Report". Introduce the next key tasks and related measures.

Liang Yun, executive deputy director of the National Narcotics Control Office and director of the Narcotics Control Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said at the press conference that my country has regulated 449 kinds of narcotics and psychotropic substances.

Data map: Hainan focused on the destruction of drugs at the scene, and law enforcement officers packed the drugs in mesh bags.

Photo by Luo Yunfei

  Liang Yun pointed out that at present, our country is showing a good trend of declining drug-related criminal activities, the number of drug addicts, and the harm caused by drugs.

According to the latest survey of public satisfaction at the prefecture-level and above by the National Bureau of Statistics, the public satisfaction with anti-drug work in 2021 will reach 96.78%.

  Liang Yun said that by maintaining a strict crackdown and high pressure, drug crimes have been curbed.

Continue to carry out special actions such as "Two Strikes and Two Controls" and "Clear Borders", vigorously implement the strategy of "cleaning the source and cutting off the flow", and promote "pulling nails to chase and escape", "cluster zeroing" and "de-icing and anti-drug", which have effectively cracked down on various types of Drug offenses.

Over the past five years, a total of 451,000 drug-related crimes have been cracked nationwide, 588,000 criminal suspects have been arrested, and 305 tons of various types of drugs have been seized.

In addition, Liang Yun also mentioned that "drug cases and drug crime cases have dropped from 140,000 in 2017 to 54,000 in 2021, achieving an average annual decline of 20% in drug crime cases for five consecutive years. Above, this is also rare in the world.”

  The management, control and rehabilitation were strengthened, and the effect of drug rehabilitation and rehabilitation continued to be consolidated.

Deeply carry out the "safe care" action for drug addicts, implement network service management, and carry out the treatment of sick and disabled drug addicts, solidly promote community drug rehabilitation and community rehabilitation projects, and minimize drug demand.

As of the end of 2021, there were 1.486 million drug addicts nationwide, a decrease of 42.1% from the end of 2016, and 3.403 million people who had been abstinent for three years without detection, 2.4 times the number in 2016.

  We have deepened publicity and education, and the people's awareness of anti-drug and anti-drug awareness has been significantly enhanced.

The Ministry of Public Security issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Publicity and Education of National Drug Control in the New Era" to build a full-coverage drug prevention education system and establish a national digital platform for youth drug prevention education - "The Second Classroom of Youth League".

Every year, more than 100 million students in more than 230,000 schools learn anti-drug knowledge online.

Liang Yun pointed out, "In 2021, the number of newly discovered drug addicts nationwide will be 118,000, a decrease of 68.9% from 2016, indicating that preventive education is still effective in a long-term and significant way. The number of drug addicts under the age of 35 has dropped by 44.8% from the end of 2016. %. The level of digitization and networking of preventive education is also at the forefront in the world.”

  The clean-up and rectification were strengthened, and the loss of precursor chemicals was brought under control.

We will carry out in-depth cleaning and rectification of drug-producing materials, add 15 types of precursor chemicals to the list, and improve mechanisms such as end-user review, loss monitoring, and source back-checking, and severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities of drug-producing materials.

The two-way verification of exchanges with key countries has been strengthened, and the national precursor chemicals management information system has been launched, providing free services to more than 200,000 enterprises, and improving the ability and level of full-process, closed-loop management of precursor chemicals.

  Efforts were made to take precautionary measures in advance, and the problems of narcotics and psychotropic substances that appeared to be harmful were effectively managed and controlled.

Deploy and carry out operations against new drug crimes such as fentanyl-like substances, strictly prevent the research and development and manufacture of new drugs, and ensure that there is no scale of new drug abuse in China.

In addition, Liang Yun mentioned, "my country has newly listed 58 new types of drugs, and innovated the entire category of drugs, including fentanyl-like substances and synthetic cannabinoids. Control those who are at the forefront. So far, our country has listed 449 kinds of narcotics and psychotropic substances, that is, 449 kinds of drugs with names. At the same time, we have listed two types of substances in the whole category. At present, our country is ranked first in the world. The most regulated and most regulated country.”

  Vigorously strengthen key rectification, and the situation in areas with serious drug problems has been fundamentally improved.

Conscientiously implement the work deployment of the central government on the evaluation of anti-drug responsibilities and rectification of prominent problems, firmly grasp key areas, focus on prominent drug problems, consolidate the responsibilities of the party and government at the grassroots level, adhere to precise policy implementation and comprehensive management, and successively carry out 139 counties and cities. Focusing on rectification, the problems of drug production and seed drug production, outflow drug trafficking, and drug abuse in some places have been fundamentally improved.

The rectification of these areas with key drug problems will play an important role in improving the national drug situation.

  The establishment of demonstrations has been solidly promoted, and the level of drug control in the city has been significantly improved.

Focusing on the construction of a higher level of safe China, innovatively carry out the establishment of anti-drug demonstration cities. The party committees and governments of the cities participating in the establishment attach great importance to anti-drug work, effectively strengthen organizational leadership, consolidate responsibilities at various levels, improve policies and measures, and deepen comprehensive governance.

Last year, the National Narcotics Control Commission named the first batch of 41 national anti-drug demonstration cities, established a batch of advanced models of anti-drug work, and launched a batch of replicable successful experiences, which also promoted the in-depth development of national drug control in cities.

  Actively assist in poverty alleviation, and the effectiveness of rural drug control has improved.

Resolutely implement the major decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee on poverty alleviation, and focus on fighting drug-related poverty alleviation.

At the same time, continue to promote rural drug control, in-depth implementation of the key drug control of "hundred counties and thousands of villages", focus on combating and rectification actions, focus on solving some regional and root-causing drug problems, continue to expand the results of poverty alleviation, and fully serve the villages Revitalize.

  Promote global drug co-governance and effectively serve the overall situation of national diplomacy.

Deepen anti-drug intelligence exchanges and law enforcement cooperation with neighboring countries and key countries, organize joint anti-drug operations, and jointly combat transnational drug crimes.

The China-EU Anti-Drug Dialogue was held for the first time, and the United Nations Narcotics Commission and other platforms were used to fully demonstrate the effectiveness of my country's drug control, actively play a leading role in drug control under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS, and promote the establishment of mutually beneficial and win-win, pragmatic and efficient, co-governance and sharing the international anti-drug order.

  The application of science and technology was promoted, and the basic work on drug control at the grassroots level was strengthened.

The National Drug Laboratory and 5 sub-centers in Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan and Shaanxi have been established, forming a nationwide drug laboratory technical support network to carry out urban sewage testing, hair drug testing, and screening and analysis of new drug substances.

At the same time, we will build national anti-drug big data Yunnan and other regional sub-centers, improve the application of the national anti-drug comprehensive information system and the improvement of the research and judgment platform, to ensure that it can be targeted and controlled accurately, and to continuously improve the working ability and level of anti-drug under modern conditions.

  Liang Yun said, "After years of hard work, my country's drug control has achieved remarkable results, greatly reducing the harm of drugs, and making great contributions to protecting people's health and maintaining social security and stability. However, we are also clearly aware that the current global Drugs are rampant, and the international drug situation is in a high-risk period."