A security guard takes temperature of visitors during the 17th Hainan International Auto Exhibition in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 security guards have died in the line of duty across China since the COVID-19 epidemic, showed figures released on Friday at a promotion event of the security guard service sector.
China's epidemic prevention and control measures have had wide-ranging contributions from the sector, with the participation of millions of security guards in implementing daily epidemic control measures, guarding isolation facilities, medical observation and treatment sites, and maintaining epidemic control and security checkpoints.
In response to the floods that hit parts of China this summer, the security guard service sector, under the guidance of public security authorities, has also helped protect people's lives and property by assisting in the emergency draining of floodwater, streamlining traffic flow and other work.
China's first security service firm came into being in late 1984 and the security guard service sector now boasts a total of more than 10,000 service companies and 5.3 million security guards. ■
