A new school dedicated to anti-terrorism will be established in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, a Global Times article reported.
The institution, which will be set up by the Northwest University of Political Science, will enrol two classes of the university's undergraduate scholars and over 36 postgraduate students across the country. This is according to Zhang Jinping, who will manage the new school.
Zhang also said that the program will commence at the start of the spring term. Meanwhile, the enrolment of the first class is now underway.
The new school will also offer doctoral and master's programs in anti-terrorism. In addition to courses in conventional disciplines such as law and politics, anti-terrorism courses will be primarily taught.
"The school of anti-terrorism is being founded to respond to the country's demand for anti-terrorism specialists," the professor pointed out, citing the severe threats of terrorism faced by the country.
Back in 2014, the People's Public Security University of China founded a counter-terrorism college, as an extension to its department of public security intelligence.
"Students in the anti-terrorism track need to have comprehensive knowledge in multiple areas such as religion, ethnicity and criminology," Chen Gang, the college dean, shared.
Chen also expressed optimism about the future employment of their students, stating that some have even received pre-assigned jobs upon admission.
During an anti-terrorism work meeting in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region last December, China's security chief Meng Jianzhu noted the importance of intensifying the counter-terrorism campaign of the country.
By the end of December, the country's top legislative body has passed the first Chinese anti-terrorism law. The lawmakers were prompted by the series of terror attacks in China for the past years, including the 2014 attack in Kunming where 31 died and 141 were injured. The law took effect on Jan. 1.