The first county-level mounted policewomen patrol officially commenced their patrol last Sunday in Xuyi County, east China's Jiangsu Province.

The mounted policewomen of excellent integrated quality are chosen from young team members of local public security system, and will undertake the mission of public security patrol of the county in a long term.

Nine horses of the mounted policewomen patrol are all thoroughbred horses from Ala mountain pass at the border between China and Russia.

(Xinhua News Agency September 28, 2005)