Boots on the ground, rockets in the sky

A frontier soldier from Ejin Banner border defense force (attached to Ejin Banner public security department) checks and registers the identity information of passers-by near the launch site, at the Saihantaolai border inspection station, in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Oct 14. Under the deployment of the Inner Mongolia Public Security Department, Ejin Banner’s frontier force has patrolled and inspected the surrounding areas of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where China’s Shenzhou-XI manned spacecraft blasted off on the early morning of Oct 17. [Photo/Xinhua]