On July 14, the Marching Ceremony for Chinese Police Officers Joining China-Croatia Joint Police Patrol was held in Shanghai. Among the attendees were the relevant principals of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Public Security of P.R. China and Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, as well as eight joint patrol officers from Shanghai, Tianjin, Hubei, Jiangxi and Henan.
　　To date, Croatia Police Department has invited law enforcement authorities of over 20 countries including China, the U.S., Korea, Germany and France to attend the Safe Tourist Destinations 2023 and Joint Police Patrol Campaign. The Ministry of Public Security decided to proactively join the joint police patrol considering that a sharply increasing number of Chinese citizens choose to travel abroad after the COVID-19 pandemic, while Croatia is one of the top tourist destinations. This is the fourth joint police patrol between China and Croatia. Eight Chinese police officers departed to Croatia on July 15 and joined their Croatian counterparts to conduct one-month joint patrol in Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Plitvice Lake National Park, etc. The joint police patrol is aimed at facilitating the communication between Chinese citizens, overseas Chinese and Croatian police, assisting local police in forming a communication channel with Chinese institutions, coordinating to satisfy the security demands, and co-promoting the tourism safety.
　　The joint police patrol between Chinese and foreign police forces is a pragmatic initiative launched by public security organs in line with the people-centered development concept and law enforcement philosophy of “Cooperation, Innovation, Rule of Law, and Win-win Results,” said a principal of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Public Security. China has successfully joined multiple police patrols in Italy, Serbia and other countries, and police officers from other countries also joined joint police patrols in China upon invitation, winning great praise from Chinese and foreign tourists.■