Security is top police priority

Beijing bureau to safeguard event with help of advanced technology

Beijing police have made the security of the APEC meeting their top priority, with ample preparations for the event that is considered to be as important as the 2008 Olympic Games.

The meeting, which runs from Nov 5 through 11 in Beijing's downtown and Huairou district, is the biggest event in the city, and its security arrangements are on a par with the 2008 Olympics, said Fu Zhenghua, chief of the capital's public security bureau.