State security becoming more complex

Risk monitoring and early warning systems to be improved, expert says

The general situation of China's national security will be more complex and graver due to internal and external factors, and the risk monitoring and early warning systems for national security should be improved to face the challenges, said a national security expert ahead of the eighth National Security Education Day, which falls on Saturday.

The monitoring and warning systems should be based on the holistic approach to national security, which was first proposed by President Xi Jinping in April 2014, and cover all aspects and steps of national security, said Li Lihua, deputy head of the National Security Academy of the People's Public Security University of China.

China's general strategy for national security work is to fully implement the holistic approach to national security, balance both development and security, and use the new security architecture to safeguard the new development pattern, so as to carry out the Peaceful China Initiative more effectively, Li said.