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New police uniform unveiled after 20 years

The new 2025-style police uniform has officially entered service, marking the first full-scale replacement of the current uniform in more than 20 years, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Monday. Developed as an inheritance and advancement of the existing 1999-style uniform, the new version retains the original color scheme, basic design, and insignia without major modifications. Key improvements focus on four core areas: functional performance, product range expansion, pattern optimization, and advanced fabric application, the ministry said. The new uniforms address the long-standing issue of inadequate adaptability to high-intensity activities such as patrols, pursuits and arrests. They also introduce urgently needed items for practical training and incorporate new materials to enhance wrinkle resistance, durability, breathability and thermal insulation.

Ex-Shenzhen senior official under probe

Dai Beifang, former chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is currently under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation on suspicion of severe violations of Party discipline and laws, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced on Monday. Dai, 69, a native of Guangdong province, began his career in 1973 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1975. Spending his entire career in Shenzhen, Dai has held a series of key posts, including secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, Party chief of Shenzhen's Yantian district, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, and director of the Publicity Department, General Office and Organization Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee.

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