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Beijing (AFP) March 2, 2010 More than 700,000 people will work to keep public order during China's upcoming 10-day parliamentary session, as police build a "great moat" of security around Beijing, state media said Tuesday. Extra police forces have been deployed to ensure security during the annual session of the National People's Congress that opens Friday and the meeting of an advisory body that begins Wednesday, the People's Daily said. The sessions are collectively known as "the two meetings", at which thousands of delegates place their rubber stamp of approval on the policies of the ruling Communist Party. "The capital police force is fully prepared to safeguard the two meetings... the 'great moat' project to surround Beijing has been launched," said the People's Daily, the party mouthpiece newspaper. The massive security force includes police, paramilitary police, security guards at government offices and enterprises and volunteers, the daily said. More than 5,000 delegates will attend the two meetings, at which the government will unveil its economic blueprint for 2010 and its budget. "Anything raising suspicion must be investigated and recorded to timely discover and block any dangerous person or element from entering the city," the report added. China has witnessed a sharp rise in public protests in recent years as social dissatisfaction has grown over a widening wealth gap, rampant government corruption and a lack of democracy and the rule of law.
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