Police work with online service to find lost kids

Nearly 3,000 children were reunited with their families with the help of an online service created to locate lost youngsters, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.

The service, Tuanyuan, the Chinese word for reunion, publicizes information about missing children and was developed for the authorities by e-commerce giant Alibaba.

Since its launch in May 2016, 25 media sites and mobile apps including Amap, Tencent QQ and Baidu have connected with Tuanyuan, allowing people to receive alerts about missing children.