Police to be recognized on Tomb Sweeping Day

A total of 308 police officers and 179 auxiliary police officers across the country died while on duty last year, said Li Bei, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Public Security, on Monday.

Another 4,334 police officers and 3,470 auxiliary police officers were injured in the line of duty last year, she said.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, more than 3,900 police officers have died while on duty, and about 200 of them have been named martyrs, according to the ministry.