刘跃进任公安部副部长级反恐专员

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.

公安部网站20日发布消息称，公安部原部长助理、现年56岁的刘跃进出任首位反恐专员。刘跃进将负责协调全国的反恐行动。

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.

公安部发言人拒绝透露有关刘跃进任命的更多细节。不过中国人民公安大学的梅建明对此举表示欢迎。

"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.

中国人民公安大学反恐怖研究中心主任梅建明表示：“在刘跃进任命后，我们迫切需要建立一个国家情报共享平台，它将有助于相关部门获取和分析与恐怖主义有关的情报，然后如警察，武警和士兵这种直接力量就能有效的阻止恐怖阴谋和定位犯罪集团。”

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.

中国近几年发生了一系列的恐怖袭击事件，并有许多民众因此丧生，包括去年3月在云南省省会昆明，一个武装团伙杀害了29人，造成143人受伤。所以公安部任命刘跃进出任反恐专员。

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.

刘跃进系湖南人，此前曾在采访中自称为"草根警官"，自上世纪80年代起就开始从事禁止非法毒品贸易的工作。

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.

公安部称，最近发生在巴黎的袭击事件造成129人死亡，数百人受伤，此后，中国“加强了全国各地的巡逻和预防措施，以防止类似案件发生”。