Fight Against Terrorism Yields Fruits

China has broken up more than 1,900 violent terrorist gangs, arrested about 14,000 people involved in terrorist activities, and seized over 2,000 explosive devices since 2014. As a result, social stability has been effectively maintained, and the nation has seen no incident of violent terrorism for more than four years, the Ministry of Public Security said recently.

The National Leading Group for Counter-terrorism launched a nationwide campaign to crack down on violent terrorist activities in 2014, and the vast majority of violent and terrorist activities were detected and dealt with before they occurred, said Liu Yunfeng, head of the ministry’s counter-terrorism bureau.

In China’s counter terrorist work since 2003, four terrorist organizations and 25 leaders of terrorist organizations have been identified. Among them was the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which has planned and carried out hundreds of violent terrorist attacks in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that have caused great losses in the region both in human and financial terms.

The State Council Information Office issued a white paper earlier this year titled “Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang.” In the paper, it stated that the infiltration of extremism has been effectively curbed, and the right to life of people of all ethnic groups has been fully protected in Xinjiang.