HONG KONG, March 18, (Xinhuanet) - The Chinese Ministry of Public
Security is making efforts to beef up international cooperation to
combat global crimes, cross-border crimes and terrorist activities.
   "Criminal laws have already been drafted in strict accordance
to the international conventions signed to crackdown on crimes
endangering the aviation industry, the organizing and
masterminding of terrorist activities, the illegal transaction and
trafficking in nuclear materials," said Zhang Xinfeng, Director of
the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public
Security.
   Zhang was speaking at the four-day Transnational Organized
Crime Conference titled "Bridging the GAP - a Global Alliance
Perspective on Transnational Organized Crime," which opened at the
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center Monday.
   The ministry has also embarked on new Mutual Legal Assistance
Agreement initiatives by entering into international conventions
to fight terrorist activities, particularly those threatening the
aviation industry.
   "China has signed international mutual legal assistance
protocols and indictment treaties in an effort to implement crime-
fighting initiatives in a wide-ranging areas," he said.
   As the Chinese mainland is developing market economy and
undergoing economic structural changes, there is a need to improve
the policing and crime prevention mechanism to guard against a
possibility of criminals cooperating with overseas criminals, he
remarked.
   Zhang stressed that China is also set to strengthen the
exchange of police intelligence with other countries.
   Special departments within the police have already been set up
to combat crimes, and the government has also been enlisting the
support from the citizens and encourage the active reporting
crimes, he added.  Enditem