Institution File
Xinjiang Public Security and the IJOP System
Connects regional security policy, police data platforms, grassroots checking, and detention systems.
Contents
Formal position
Xinjiang police operate layered policing and data systems under regional counterterrorism and stability policy. External research identifies IJOP as an important interface.
Authority and tools
Tools include checkpoints, device checks, population and travel data, risk leads, community visits, detention referral, and continuing attention.
Interfaces with other bodies
Regional Party political-legal bodies set security direction, local police and communities perform checks, technology companies supply platforms, and detention or education systems receive some targets.
Power logic
The system places ethnicity, religion, family, and ordinary conduct into security classification and uses feedback so that initial attention shapes future judgment.
Evidence limits
Technical research and the OHCHR assessment provide substantial evidence, but full lists, algorithms, and command chains remain undisclosed and individual responsibility requires further investigation. [1] [2]
Sources
- Regulation on Public Security Video Image Information Systemsprimary-record
- MPS Rules for Public Security Video Information Systemsprimary-record
- Personal Information Protection Law of the PRCprimary-record
- Data Security Law of the PRCprimary-record
- Provisions on the Administration of Internet User Account Informationprimary-record
- Provisions on Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Servicesprimary-record
- China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Apptechnical-research
- We Chat, They Watchtechnical-research
- Censored Contagion IItechnical-research
- OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjianggovernment-report
- Treasury Sanctions on Biometric Surveillance Technologyofficial-finding
- 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Chinagovernment-report
- Official Accountability Record on the Henan Red-Code Incidentprimary-record
- Investigation into Red Health Codes Assigned to Henan Bank Depositorsinvestigative-reporting
- CECC 2025 Annual Reportgovernment-report
- Human Rights Watch Report on Detained White Paper Protestersinvestigative-reporting
- Amnesty International Interviews One Year after the White Paper Movementinvestigative-reporting