China’s notorious urban enforcement officials given makeover
Officials with a reputation for the sometimes brutal enforcement of local by-laws to get revamped, standard form of uniform across the country
China’s notorious urban enforcement officials, known as chengguan in Chinese, will have their uniforms revamped and standardised across the nation by the end of the year, according to Chinese media reports.
The move comes after public complaints that chengguan uniforms are indistinguishable from those of other law enforcement officials or private security guards, The Beijing News reported.
Urban enforcement officials also often don different uniforms in different cities.
The authorities showed off the new set of standardised uniforms at a meeting in Beijing on Thursday.
The government said the new uniforms would help people tell the difference between urban enforcement officials and the police and security guards, the newspaper report said.
