A police robot equipped with surveillance cameras on patrol in a commercial street of Beijing. This robot, connected to the city surveillance system can scan people within a radius of 800 m (2600 feet). China’s police will spend an additional $30 bi
Screen capture of a video showing facial recognition software in use, at the showroom of Megvii in Beijing. China’s President Xi Jinping has launched a major upgrade of the Chinese surveillance state. China has become the world’s biggest market for
Police standing guard by Houhai Lake in Beijing. For security, China relies on lo-tech, as well as high tech. Chinese cities use different levels of policing : community patrols run by private citizens organized at the neighborhood level, private se
Screen capture of a video footage showing Sensetime crowd monitoring system. It allows to measure a crowd density (the color patches on the image), as well as the identification of "abnormal" behaviours.
A plainclothes security (right) standing guard on a commercial street in the neighbourhood of the Great Hall of the People where China's Communist Party 19th congress is taking place.
Screen capture of CCTV footage using the face recognition system Face ++ developped by Megvii, on display at the company’s showroom. Face++ AI software allows the users to check scanned faces against a database of researched individuals in a matter
A Uyghur looking at a police checkpoint in the old city of Kashgar. Xinjiang is where China’s surveillance system is the most advanced and ubiquitous. Security checkpoints are everywhere. The police regularly scans smartphones in search of “sensitiv
A programmer working on a facial recognition software at Megvii headquarters in Beijing. Chinese authorities are using a vast, secret system of advanced facial recognition technology to track and control the Uighurs, a largely Muslim minority. The f
At Sensetime showroom, a video shows a system allowing facial identification via surveillance cameras set up in a mall. The system allows to track an individual path through the mall. Data analysis could help mall owners to optimize the organization
Visitors to Tian An Men square having their ID scanned at a security check. The machines are equipped with cameras for facial recognition.
At a security checkpoint in Hangzhou, a pedestrian is handing his city smart ID card to a policeman equipped with a scanner. The card featuring a microchip, contains a large amount of private data allowing him to use city services (health, education
Screenshot of an app for a social credit system being implemented in Hangzhou. The user of the app has a 688 score out of 1000 points. The application is linked to the Hangzhou citizen card used for transport, bill and fines payment. So far the sys
Screen captures of an animation explaining the social credit system shown at the citizens affairs office of the city of Rongcheng (Shandong). Rongcheng is one of the pilot cities implementing the social credit system.
Receptionists at a hotel in Hangzhou are scanning the ID of guests checking in. The scanner equipped with a camera and a facial recognition software is ensuring that the guests are who they claim to be.
Developed by the Chinese start-up Sensetime, this A.I. system coupled with the the CCTV camera, allows for basic descriptions of individuals and vehicles.
In Xiangyang, at a crossroad equipped with monitoring cameras linked to facial recognition technology, an outdoor screen displays photos of jaywalkers alongside their name and I.D. number. The idea is to embarrass offenders into compliance.
Screen capture of CCTV live footage using the face and vehicles recognition system Face ++. The A.I. system coupled with the the CCTV camera, allows for basic descriptions of individuals and vehicles.
In Yangqiao (Zhejiang) locals are playing Mah-Jong in a home where the household social credit score is displayed on the wall. The social credit system implemented in this village since 2018 is based on five criteria : cleanness and tidiness of cour
Screen capture of a CCTV footage showing human recognition recognition software in use, at the showroom of Megvii in Beijing. In this case the software describes a pedestrian : short hair, black t-shirt, grey short, carrying a bag.
A security guard, equipped with a giant fork for crowd control, monitoring monitoring passers-by on Beijing pedestrian street popular with shoppers and tourists.
Volunteers from a neighbourhood security committee standing guard on a street of old Beijing. The Chinese government is using networks of civilians to help maintain order. These public security volunteers, eyes and ears of the local police, are most
Paramilitary police at a subway entrance in Beijing. Security in the capital has been heightened for political event. Each subway entrance has two military police standing guard on top of regular police and security staff. Overpass bridges, importan
Visitors to Tian An Men square passing by a street light holding 9 surveillance cameras. By 2020, analysts estimate that China will have nearly 300 million cameras installed, and Chinese police will spend $30 billion on surveillance techno
Screen capture of a video footage showing Sensetime crowd monitoring system. It allows to measure a crowd density as well as the identification of "abnormal" behaviours.
Minutes before a concert is to start at Beijing National Centre for Performing Arts, audience members are using their smartphones. There are few laws protecting privacy in China. Online communication is constantly monitored for sensitive content. Th
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