GT investigates: Who is the black hand behind conspiracy to smear ‘Overseas Police Service Station’ and attack China?

“Overseas Police Service Stations” are volunteer platforms established by overseas Chinese groups to assist Chinese nationals in seeking services from competent and relevant departments in China online, according to public materials.

For example, many overseas Chinese who have worked abroad for many years need to return to China to undergo physical examinations to extend their driving licenses. However, due to prohibitive costs, as well as being time- and energy-consuming to return to China, they often turn to local overseas Chinese groups, hoping for alternative assistance from relevant departments in China.

At the request of overseas Chinese, some enthusiastic overseas Chinese groups and chambers of commerce voluntarily founded such mutual-aid platforms.

Why then would such voluntary service centers be labeled “police service stations”? In China, the formal name of the police force is the “People’s Police,” whose mission is to serve the people. Therefore, different from their counterparts in many other countries, the Chinese police are also be tasked with fulfilling many diverse administrative functions such as approving and issuing household registration documents, the issuance of driving license, as well as traditional law enforcement.

The term “Overseas Police Service Station” alludes to the voluntary service stations’ active role in bridging the gap between overseas Chinese in need of services and Chinese police-designated service delivery such as the extension of driving licenses.