Chongqing plans huge security system
- Source: Global Times
- [08:27 March 08 2011]
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By Yang Ruoyu
The municipality of Chongqing is to spend 17 billion yuan ($2.6 billion) to build one of the world's largest digital security systems, which will include half a million surveillance cameras, Wang Zhijun, chief of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau, said during the National People's Congress Monday, the Beijing Times reported.
An official surnamed Zhao, from the news center of the Chongqing PSB, told the Global Times Monday that the system, which is based on video monitoring and security information integration, will be used mainly for crime prevention, emergency controls and rescue operations.
Zhao said the local government would invest 5 billion yuan ($761 million) in the project while the rest of money will come from social investment.
The Global Times reported earlier that Chongqing plans to install 500,000 surveillance cameras by 2012.
All the cameras will be managed under one network, allowing video information to be shared among law enforcement departments and emergency rescue organizations to help crack down on crime and provide information to authorities in emergency situations.
