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Security bolstered for yearly sessions

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Police and firefighters have raised their vigilance levels in the capital ahead of the impending annual conventions of the country's top legislature and top political advisory body.

Measures to safeguard the sessions include a ban on unscheduled flying objects near the city and scheduled non-stop police patrols and intensified checks on traffic hubs such as subway stations.

The two annual sessions of the National Peoples' Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will begin on March 3 and end in mid-March.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the first 25 police pavilions have been erected at traffic hubs, in busy commercial districts and other places in the city center to allow the police to coordinate their 24-hour street patrols.

Meanwhile, a local newspaper reported on Monday that Beijing police had imposed a ban on any flying activities for sports, entertainment or promotional purposes within a 200-km semi-diameter of Tian'anmen Square from March 2 to March 15.

A rough measure on a map shows the ban affects not only aviation activities in the capital but also in a large part of neighboring Hebei province and Tianjin.

The local police authority said it had worked with government agencies in civil aviation, meteorology, education and commerce to implement the ban.

Beijing citizens are also advised to report any suspicious flying object to police immediately.

On Tuesday, a China Daily reporter saw an increased police presence around the Great Hall of the People - the main venue for both sessions - which is opposite Tian'anmen Square.

People must now go through a security check before getting to the sidewalks surrounding the hall. From the hall to the square right across the street, people have to have their bags scanned and later their bodies scanned. They will be checked again when leaving the square for the subway nearby.

There were about 20 policemen and guards around the hall and some police cars parked outside the south gate.

Police were also patrolling the square, while one on a motorbike circled the square.

Firefighters are also on high alert, Xia Chunlei, press officer of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Fire Prevention, told China Daily.

Fire risk assessments will be conducted at sites where the deputies and consultative members will be staying and where they will conduct interviews.

Luo Yuan, deputy chief of the fire brigade, said a special operation team is standing by in the city's central Dongcheng and Xicheng districts.

"We carefully selected the team of 20 experienced firefighters to provide a rapid response. The team will be ready until the end of the two sessions."

Questions:

1. How many police paviliions have been erected so far?

2. How many kilometers surrounding Tian’anmen is the no-fly zone has set up?

3. When does the conference begin?

Answers:

1) 25.

2. 200 km.

3. March 3.

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Security bolstered for yearly sessions

Security bolstered for yearly sessions

Todd Balazovic is a reporter for the Metro Section of China Daily. Born in Mineapolis Minnesota in the US, he graduated from Central Michigan University and has worked for the China Daily for one year.

 
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