EditedbyLiZhuoxi
OnMay15,2016,ChineseChildren’sSafetyEmergencyResponse(CCSER)officiallybeganoperation.TheprojectisacollaborationbetweenChina’sMinistryofPublicSecurity(MPS)andAlibabaGrouptoreportinformationandhelpfindmissingandtraffickedchildrenacrossthecountry.
Searchingforandrescuingabducteeshasalwaysbeenaconcern.Casesinvolvingmissingchildrenareparticularlydifficulttosolvebecauseoflackofevidence,highfrequencyofoccurrenceinareaswithmorefloatingpopulation,andlatepolicereportsonlyfiledlongaftertheparentsfailtofindthelostkids.Theestablishmentofasystemenablingthepublicreacttimelyisaseriousneed.
AsimilarsystemintheUnitedStatesisknownasthe“AmberAlert.”
AChinese-versionAmberAlerthasbeenestablishedasaplatformforpoliceauthorities,withparticipationof5,000officers,topublicizeannouncementstoandfromprovincial,municipal,andcountygovernments.Informationonmissingchildrenisfirstpostedonmobileapps,suchasMPS’sofficialWeibo(microblog)andAutoNaviMap,andthenspreadtostakeholdersintheareasthechildrenwerelost,sothatmorepeoplecangetaccurateinfofromtheauthoritiesquicklyandassistthepoliceincatchingtheperpetratorsandbringthevictimshome.
MPSbegantrialoperationoftheplatformonMay9,2016,officiallylauncheditonMay13,2016,andashorttimelateramissinggirlwasrescued.