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The characteristics of “CAPS” policy are as follows：1)to organize or unify all social forces under the government；2)to make full use of different methods in controlling the situation of society;3)to aim at taking severe measures against crime and try all kinds of ways to transform criminals, to remove the causes of crime and destroy the social basis of all crimes to get the situation of public security under thorough control．
The idea of our “CAPS” was raised in the late l970，s and adopted by the government in l982 after three years experiment in some provinces．Good results have been reached since its practice in the whole country, and have gained a worldwide interest and recognition．In his report submitted to UN, Mr David Peter (the regional consultant of Prevention of Crimes and Criminal Justice) had mentioned that “we find it is necessary to give publicity to the Chinese system and method in preventing crimes by means of relying on the masses．”
4．Take actions in Tracking down the Illegal Drug Trafficking and Smuggling
From l985 to the end of l990，we have uncovered about 30 thousand drug criminal cases，arrested 20,878 suspects，in which 16,702 were sentenced (1,056 were sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty)．In l991，Chinese police force had cracked down 8,344 drug criminal cases, seized l,980 kg opium，1,919 kg heroin, 328 kg marijuana，33 kg morphine，308 kg ephedrine，48 tons of chemical preparations for heroin．Meanwhile，8,080 suspects were arrested in the country，5,285 of them were sentenced (866 were put to life imprisonment or death penalty)．Chinese customs also made a great contribution to the fight against drug smuggling．Since l991，31 custom houses uncovered 62 drug smuggling cases，seized 311.72 kg heroin and other narcotics．In order to deal with some foreign drug smuggling forces，the country equipped all custom houses with inspecting equipment and chemical examination labs． They also strengthen international cooperation with customs of Thailand， Burma，Japan，Hong Kong and other countries or regions．
During recent years anti-drug struggle， we find the following methods to be proved effective：
a)To make clear the upper and lower clues in one single case in order to“follow the vine to get the melon．”
b)To establish an effective secret force to meet with these big-time smugglers．
c)To do more essential works of masses thus to arouse them taking active part in the counter-battles．
d)To strengthen comprehensive control of the society， especially the control of those floating populations， therefore to block up any possible loopholes for drug criminals．
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