Chinese State media have recently run detailed reports on anti-terrorism achievements, especially in West China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Experts believe that this proactive and transparent step can help gain public support for and provide solid evidence of the government's response to terrorism, as the nation vows to contribute to global anti-terrorism efforts.

Unlike previous "one-sentence" news, reports on the latest achievements contain more details, said Turgunjan Tursun, a research fellow at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences.

Liu Zhijun, an armed police officer enlisted in a Xinjiang squadron, was stabbed in the mouth by a spear when fighting three terrorists, according to a feature story portraying the Xinjiang police's strenuous efforts against terrorism published by the Xinhua News Agency on Sunday.

The feature comes two days after a report that Xinjiang police disbanded a terrorist group after 56 days of fighting.

The Publicity Department of Xinjiang said that a group of armed men attacked a coal mine in Baicheng county, Aksu prefecture on September 18, killing 11 civilians, three policemen and two auxiliary police officers in addition to injuring 18 others, Xinhua reported.

According to the official statement, the terrorist group was directly guided by an overseas extremist group and led by two local Xinjiang men named Musa Tohniyaz and Mamat Aysa.

Ordinary people will be able to understand the necessity of the government's anti-terrorism policy after learning from these reports that the government faces severe challenges in safeguarding the stability of Xinjiang, Zhang Zhian, vice president of the School of Communication and Design at Guangzhou-based Sun Yat-sen University, told the Global Times.

Terrorism is a global issue, and the Paris attacks to some degree have triggered concerns about the domestic anti-terrorism situation among Chinese citizens, added Zhang, explaining that timely disclosures showcasing the responsive actions of the Chinese government will help ease citizens' concerns.

In the meantime, the government is also worried that such disclosures may provoke possible revenge and violence, experts said.

Zhang suggested that such reports could follow the principles of "non-violence" and "peace journalism," an approach that reports the facts but avoids inciting violence.

Moreover, the government cannot adopt an "ostrich" policy - in which it deals with problems by avoiding addressing them - in regard to anti-terrorism reports, as rumors may arise when disclosure is insufficient, said Tursun.