China Police Daily:

In recent years, the MPS has continued to promote the reform of administrative management services and introduced a series of measures. Notably, in August 2023, the MPS issued 26 measures to support high-quality economic and social development. Could you please update us on the overall progress of these initiatives? Thank you.

Qi Yanjun:

Thank you for the question. The reform of administrative management services is an important vehicle for public security agencies to advance high-quality development. Since the 20th CPC National Congress, the MPS has launched a series of reform measures to support high-quality development, including the 26 measures you just mentioned. The implementation of these reform measures has achieved remarkable progress. Allow me to briefly outline this progress in three key areas.

In terms of serving and ensuring the implementation of major national strategies, we have continued to increase institutional support. We have further refined the household registration transfer policy and continued facilitating urbanization of the rural migrant population. At present, household registration restrictions have been comprehensively relaxed or lifted in all cities, except for a few megacities in the eastern region and some provincial capitals in the central and western regions. Focusing on serving coordinated regional development, we have studied and formulated a series of measures, such as certain measures for supporting accelerated growth in the central region. We have continued to enhance law enforcement coordination in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta, serving coordinated regional development through collaboration among regional police forces. We have advanced the institutional opening up of immigration management and enhanced the convenience of immigration and entry-exit administration. From January to July 2024, the number of foreign tourists visiting China for sightseeing (leisure) reached 5.722 million, with 3.803 million for meetings (business) and 1.723 million for visits to relatives and friends, rising by 403%, 81.5% and 107.4% year-on-year respectively.

In terms of serving the establishment of a modern industrial system, we have continued to unleash the vitality of innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity. We have highlighted service functions, established regular police-enterprise contact mechanisms, and innovated online and offline service models. We have developed several service brands to assist and protect enterprises, including the "11087 Qinqing in Zhejiang" by Zhejiang public security authorities and the "Qinqing in Fujian" brand by Fujian public security authorities. We have further facilitated the passage of vehicles for logistics and freight transportation. More than 270 cities above the prefecture level have lifted traffic restrictions on new energy light trucks, as well as smaller box trucks and enclosed trucks, promoting urban truck routes and serving nearly 30,000 enterprises. We have further regulated law enforcement involving enterprises and strictly regulated coercive measures that concern the personal rights of citizens as well as the sealing, sequestering and freezing of assets. We will take timely and effective actions against prominent law enforcement problems and protect the property rights and lawful rights and interests of business operators in accordance with the law.

In terms of efficient convenience for the people and benefits for enterprises, we have innovated and optimized public security administration services. We will continue to promote more public security administration services to be handled "online and on mobile devices; in one visit and in an integrated manner; nearby and in different places." As I just introduced, people can apply for identity cards, electronic driver's licenses and vehicle licenses outside of their home jurisdiction. Currently, residence registration transfer, identity cards, driver's licenses and passports can all be handled throughout the country. Comprehensive service windows for public security administration services have been set up in 24,000 police stations, where more than 100 government service items can be handled. In addition, more than 20,000 self-service devices have been installed in police stations across the country to provide the public with 24/7 services. Centering on the entire process and all links of people's travel, including license plate and certificate application, road traffic and traffic accident handling, we have launched several batches of reform measures, such as simplifying vehicle registration and transactions, optimizing the management of bus lanes in cities, and promoting online video quick handling of minor traffic accidents. So far, 250 million electronic driver's licenses have been issued. Electronic vehicle licenses have been piloted in 60 cities including Beijing, with more than 22 million vehicle owners issued with electronic vehicle licenses. These efforts have provided more convenient and efficient public security traffic management administration services for the public.

There is no end to the development of services. Next, the public security authorities will further innovate their concepts, improve their methods and optimize their measures to continuously enhance the efficiency of service management and more proactively lead high-quality development. That is all from me.