In response to the terrorist attacks that shook Paris, the Chinese government has come up with new national anti-terrorism guidelines that will coordinate various security forces in the country, China Daily reported.
The nine guidelines were announced by security chief Meng Jianzhu at an anti-terrorism work conference held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Aside from increasing coordination among security forces in different parts of the country, the guidelines will also help the country to adapt to changing trends in the fight against local and global terrorism.
One of the guidelines stipulates the upgrade and coordination of China's intelligence-sharing systems.
A strengthened intelligence network can help prevent terrorist attacks, according to Li Wei, an anti-terrorism expert at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
The anti-terrorism work conference, which was held on Friday, Dec. 11, was organized after the central government analyzed the anti-terrorism climate that followed after the Paris attacks last month, said Mei Jianming, director of the Counterterrorism Research Center at the People's Public Security University of China.
The terrorist attack that happened in Bamako, Mali, on Nov. 20 was also taken in consideration.
"The government also took the growing influence of Islamic State into consideration after it planned to recruit Muslims from all ethnic groups in China, posing new challenges for the country," Mei said. "This includes eliminating religious extremism and cracking down on terror-related audio and video material. There should be no room for a weak link."
Since the central government increased the security in the country, 98 percent of terrorist attacks in Xinjiang were successfully nipped in the bud.