Changzhou's first tourist police unit was established by the Municipal Public Security Bureau on January 10. Du Rongliang, vice mayor of Changzhou and director of the Public Security Bureau, attended the unit’s inauguration ceremony.

Tourist police is specializing in tourism-related crime. The officers are responsible for tourist issues such as illegal agents, forced shopping and price fraud cases. They also team up with inspectors from the city's industrial and commercial administration bureau to uncover tourism-related crime.

Many countries with major tourism industries, such as Greece, Thailand and Egypt, also have specialist tourist police units. The officers are responsible for information inquiries, lost and found belongings, fraud complaints and other issues.

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