China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has released a list of more than 5,000 free blood sampling sites across the country on Monday with the aim to help abducted children and women reunite with their families, as China is launching a national crackdown on human trafficking crimes. 

The move is to further facilitate timely blood sampling and testing of relevant people, including rescued children and women, those seeking lost family members, suspected abductees and unidentified persons, according to the ministry, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Starting from March, the MPS has been working with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and other departments to launch a new round of crackdown on human trafficking. It has increased the number of free blood sampling sites nationwide to 5,000 from more than 3,000.

Detailed information of these blood sampling sites has been published on different online platforms to further expand the coverage of free blood sampling and testing, officials said.

As of March, more than 10,000 missing and abducted children have been found and reunited with their families under the Tuanyuan (Reunion) Campaign, the MPS said. 

Human trafficking has been once again put under spotlight in the wake of the tragic trafficking of a woman in East China’s Jiangsu Province in February. The issue was also one of the most-discussed issues during the 2022 two sessions in March, with several deputies and advisors calling for the establishment of a nationwide DNA database to resolve the thorny problem.

Global Times