The future of policing in China will be powered by artificial intelligence surveillance tools that can monitor Telegram and VPN users, as well as DeepSeek-inspired models that can analyse leads for investigations, according to exhibitors at an annual policing expo in Beijing.
The surveillance equipment was showcased this week at the 12th China International Exhibition on Police Equipment, which ended on Saturday.
The event – the largest policing technology expo of its kind – offered police and defence equipment suppliers from across the country a chance to compete for orders from public security departments
The suppliers included research institutes affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security – the country’s top police agency – as well as various private companies.
AI technology was a key selling point for products at the expo, including surveillance tools, criminal investigation devices and drone-jamming equipment.
One of the technologies showcased was the “multidimensional intelligence analysis of individual extreme behaviour”, presented by the Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security.
