BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Beijing from next week
will start to deploy security staff at hundreds of checkpoints on road entries
to the city in tightened Olympic security, according to the municipal public
security bureau.
The photo taken on July 8 shows the
Olympic-exclusive bus lane in Beijing marked with the Olympic Rings. From
July 20 to Sept. 20, the leftmost lanes of some streets in Beijing will be
marked as Olympic lanes. Also, Beijing Times reports that all vehicles
entering the capital city will undergo security checks starting next week.
(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
In a written announcement, the bureau said armed
police with explosive sniffer dogs and equipment such as electric metal
detectors and security scanners would be posted at road checkpoints. These were
to restrict suspects and dangerous cargo from entering the Olympic host city.
According to the bureau's security plan, the first
defense line is at road entries along the city's borderline, where police may
stop trucks and trains for security checks on suspicious people and cargo.
The second line is composed by police checkpoints at
road entries linking Beijing's six countryside districts with the urban area.
Inner-city defense posts are being scattered on the ring roads.
All vehicles with licenses registered outside Beijing
are subject to security checks at the checkpoints. They can only enter the city
with road-entry certificates and valid documents. Police would shut down road
entries in time of contingencies, the bureau said.
Beijing has also built a security network with the
neighboring city of Tianjin and Hebei Province in its Olympics security plan.
This requires the respective public security departments to standardize the use
of guns and coordination in preventing and solving crimes.
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The public has been
recently reminded again that they are not allowed to take long umbrellas as well
as soft drinks, lighters and liquids into the Olympic stadiums during the Games.
An official of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public
Security said some people might not pay attention to those daily items which
listed on tickets along with other illegal items, such as explosives. Full story
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will add 34
routes to its public transport network during the Olympic Games to facilitate
increasing passenger flows, a local traffic official said on Wednesday.
In addition, 16 routes would be opened to traffic for
the Paralympics opening on Sept. 6, Zhou Zhengyu, deputy head of the Beijing
Municipal Committee of Communications, said at the 2008 Beijing International
Media Center. Full story
A passenger (2nd L) receives security
check at the Dongzhimen Subway Station in downtown Beijing, China,
June 29, 2008. Beijing subway passengers will face security check at all
stations from June 29 to Sept. 20. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
Gallery>>>
BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Beijing subway passengers
were subjected to new security checks on Sunday at the start of a three-month
campaign to ensure a safe Olympic Games and Paralympics.
More than 3,000 inspectors at 93 metro stations began
searches for dangerous articles, including guns, ammunition, knives, explosives,
flammable and radioactive materials, and toxic chemicals, said Jia Peng a
spokesman for Beijing Subway Operation Company. Full story
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- China's postal
service suspended mailing liquid parcels, mails containing liquid and a few
other materials from June 1 to Oct. 31.
The ban was part of the efforts to tighten security
ahead of and during the Beijing Olympic Games, said a spokesman of the State
Post Bureau. Full story
