Police in Beijing will begin night-time armed patrols next week as part of a huge security crackdown ahead of National Day festivities on October 1, Chinese media reported Wednesday.

A group of women from a Chinese militia batalion join the men for a marching drill as they rehearse for the National Day parade, in Beijing on September 7. Police in Beijing will begin night-time armed patrols next week as part of a huge security crackdown ahead of National Day festivities on October 1, Chinese media reported Wednesday. (AFP/File)

The patrols, made up of civil and armed police, will start on Tuesday in the capital and neighbouring cities, the Beijing News said -- the latest measure aimed at preventing unrest during celebrations of 60 years of Communist rule.

China is planning a military parade, mass song and dance performances, and fireworks on October 1 to mark the day when revolutionary leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of Communist China in 1949 at Tiananmen Square.

Authorities have started clamping down ahead of the celebrations, with thousands of additional police already deployed in the capital.

As with the Olympic Games in August last year, vehicles entering and leaving Beijing are carefully monitored, and security checks in key sites such as the subway system have been stepped up. Read more>>

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