China initiated a nationwide anti-fraud publicity campaign in Beijing on Wednesday to enhance public awareness of telecom and online scams. The campaign is a joint effort by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Ministry of Public Security. Authorities plan to conduct anti-fraud activities in communities, rural areas, households, schools, and businesses, with community workers and volunteers aiding in integrating fraud prevention education into grassroots governance.

Public security organs will collaborate with industry regulators to encourage financial institutions, telecom operators, and internet service providers to provide anti-fraud education to employees and users. The ministry will also partner with China Media Group to launch a special anti-fraud education program.

Since 2025, authorities have intensified efforts against telecom fraud through investigation, industry regulation, public education, dissuasion, and international cooperation. Through international law enforcement cooperation, 58,000 fraud suspects have been handed over to China. Additionally, authorities reported dismantling four family-based criminal groups in northern Myanmar and escorting several major cross-border gambling and fraud suspects back to China, including Chen Zhi, She Zhijiang, and Li Xiong, key figures in significant gambling and fraud syndicates.

Large gambling and fraud compounds in Myawaddy, Myanmar, and key areas of Cambodia have been cleared, reducing the space for overseas telecom fraud operations, according to the MPS.

Domestically, Chinese police solved 258,000 telecom and online fraud cases in 2025. The MPS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, imposed installation bans on 64,000 fraud-related apps, intercepted 3.6 billion scam calls and 3.3 billion scam text messages, and blocked 81.62 million fraud-related domain names and websites. Authorities also froze or stopped payments involving 217.07 billion yuan ($32.05 billion) in suspected fraud funds and guided major websites and platforms to remove or block over 100 million fraud-related pieces of information, handle 20 million fraud-related accounts, and intercept 1.31 billion harmful fraud-related messages.

Police across the country conducted in-person dissuasion efforts 6.75 million times, directly preventing 35 billion yuan in public losses. Authorities stated that the campaign aims to consolidate anti-fraud efforts and foster a stronger social atmosphere for fraud prevention.