A total of 80,000 security guards, including police officers, professional security people, and government-approved volunteers, will join the security service forces for the 29th Olympic Games.

Ma Zhenchuan, police chief of Beijing, said they would offer ‘cordial, civilized, professional and high-quality security services.

So far, 25,000 security guards have been given orientation on the Olympic Games, international etiquette, different customs of religions and nations, first-aid and emergency responses.

The Beijing police department has even compiled 17 textbooks for the training of all the security people, as well as local residents.

The Chinese government has worked out 52 security plans and more than 500 smaller contingency plans concerning the operations of Olympic venues, anti-terror work, information collection and major events.

Liu Jing, Vice-Minister of Public Security said, ‘The Chinese government is fully confident, well-equipped and capable of ensuring the smooth operation of the Beijing Olympics.’

Beijing and other host cities, including Qingdao, Tianjin, Shanghai, Qinghuangdao and Hong Kong, have set up their own security headquarters for the Olympics, and the Ministry of Public Security will oversee their operations.

Our illustration is of a security exercise. Professional, yes. Cordial, probably not. That is not what that sort of security is about.
Source: Beijing Review