Police educate foreigners, check their visas, passports & documents
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Police conducted checkups on 500 foreigners' documents in Haidian district of Beijing Thursday evening, including their visas, passports and temporary accommodation registration.
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Police check a foreigner's documents in the Chenghuayuan residential community near Liudaokou, Haidian district of Beijing Thursday evening. |
The Haidian district Exit-Entry Administration Division also handed out bilingual brochures Thursday, explaining to foreigners the procedures and documentation required for visa applications and temporary accommodation registration.
The information and checkup came as part of an educational campaign among foreigners answering their questions and addressing their problems living in China, the district police explained. Police in Wudaokou Thursday also taught foreigners traffic safety and anti-theft measures for motorcycles.
About 100 people participated in the activity, including more than 20 foreign residents and overseas students from nearby universities.
Brochures about theft prevention of motorcycles, their safe riding and legal purchase were handed out at the Huaqing Jiayuan community in Wudaokou, a residential compound with more than 2,000 foreign residents.
"Thefts take off in spring every year, and more cases have been reported to our office recently of foreigners' vehicles being stolen," said Feng Yong, an officer with the Haidian district's Exit-Entry Administration Division.
"I even caught a foreign thief myself near the compound a couple of days ago, and called the police," Fang said a Jordan resident told him at the activity Thursday.
"Many foreigners aren't familiar with the legal procedures for purchasing motor vehicles in China and cases have been reported of foreigners speeding or driving without a license," Liu Yu, a deputy section chief with the division told the Global Times.
Officers gave free high-quality locks to residents and demonstrated how best to lock up motorcycles.
"Motorcycle or mopeds being stolen on campus is quite common," said Ruan Gaoning, a Vietnamese student at Beijing University of Science and Technology who participated in the activity.
"I lost two motorcycles and five moped batteries last year. I never called the police before."
The office holds at least two activities a year for foreigners, Liu Yu said.
"We conduct regular educational campaigns with different themes each year, including telecommunications fraud prevention and travel safety, through which we made a lot of foreign friends," Feng said.
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