劉躍進任公安部副部長級反恐專員

Liu Yuejin has been appointed as the first commissioner of counterterrorism, it was announced on the website of the Ministry of Public Security on Sunday. The 56-year-old, previously an assistant minister of public security, will coordinate the nation's efforts to prevent terrorist attacks.

公安部網站20日發佈消息稱，公安部原部長助理、現年56歲的劉躍進出任首位反恐專員。劉躍進將負責協調全國的反恐行動。

A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security declined to give further details on Liu's appointment. However, Mei Jianming at the People's Public Security University of China welcomed the move.

公安部發言人拒絕透露有關劉躍進任命的更多細節。不過中國人民公安大學的梅建明對此舉表示歡迎。

"After Liu's appointment, it's urgent we set up a national intelligence-sharing platform, which will help the authorities to obtain and analyze terrorist-related intelligence, then effectively direct forces such as the police, armed police and soldiers to stop terrorist plots and target criminal groups," said Mei, director of the college's counterterrorism research center.

中國人民公安大學反恐怖研究中心主任梅建明表示：“在劉躍進任命後，我們迫切需要建立一個國家情報共享平臺，它將有助於相關部門獲取和分析與恐怖主義有關的情報，然後如警察，武警和士兵這種直接力量就能有效的阻止恐怖陰謀和定位犯罪集團。”

Liu's appointment follows a series of terror attacks in recent years across the country that have claimed many lives, including in March last year when an armed gang killed 29 people and injured 143 others in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

中國近幾年發生了一系列的恐怖襲擊事件，並有許多民衆因此喪生，包括去年3月在雲南省省會昆明，一個武裝團伙殺害了29人，造成143人受傷。所以公安部任命劉躍進出任反恐專員。

Liu, who is from Hunan province and in earlier interviews has called himself a "grassroots police officer", has been involved in efforts to halt the illegal drug trade since the 1980s.

劉躍進系湖南人，此前曾在採訪中自稱爲"草根警官"，自上世紀80年代起就開始從事禁止非法毒品貿易的工作。

After the recent attacks in Paris, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured, China has "strengthened patrols and preventive measures across the country to stop similar cases occurring here", the ministry said.

公安部稱，最近發生在巴黎的襲擊事件造成129人死亡，數百人受傷，此後，中國“加強了全國各地的巡邏和預防措施，以防止類似案件發生”。