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Authorities in Beijing's Huairou District have installed 1000 high-definition video surveillance cameras in order to tighten security for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Leaders'(APEC) summit.
The summit will be held in Beijing from November 2-13, with top political and business leaders from the region in attendance.
"These high-definition digital video surveillance devices are capable of identifying a person's face within 30 meters. They can also monitor an area of 500 square meters," said Li Bingjian, Deputy Chief of the Science, Information and Communication Department of Huairou police substation.
The newly-added 1,000 video surveillance devices, plus the existing 342 surveillance facilities in Huairou along with the 2,180 back up cameras monitored by 260 units, formed a huge surveillance network covering the urban and rural areas of Huairou.
Authorities are confident that this surveillance system can effectively monitor all entry and exit points on the district's borders and all the critical, densely populated areas such as schools, gas stations and commercial areas.
In order to utilize this network effectively, the Huairou police substation will also establish a video patrolling team made up of 150 officers. This team will carry out real-time monitoring.
Apart from the regular video surveillance devices, all 157 police cars from Huairou police substation as well as some 60 local vehicles have also been fitted with mobile video surveillance systems.
