Followers of police's microblog account top 10 mln

BEIJING - Chinese police forces are among the most popular on the country's micro-blogging service.

An official account of China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Sina Weibo, one of the country's major microblogging services, broke 10 million this week.

It is the first time that a microblog account run by a government body has more than 10 million followers, the MPS said.

The Weibo account, named "Dasiheichusihai" in Chinese, made its debut on Aug. 28, 2011 and focuses mainly on issues immediately related to the people's livelihood. It's drawn huge attention from the public.

"Dasiheichusihai" means cracking down on criminal activities.

The account writes entries concerning food and drug safety, environmental safety, and new reforms, as well as some major incidents.

It often interacts with followers and has been received positively, the MPS said.

Police departments in various levels should learn from popular Weibo and Wechat accounts to further develop their new media, Huang Ming, vice minister of the MPS, said during a discussion with Internet media on Thursday.