Beijing police handle emergency incident

Beijing police successfully handled an emergency incident on March 5, the day the annual session of the National People's Congress opened, the China Police Daily reported.

Zhang Xin, a police officer from Beijing Police's rail construction branch, and Wang Xiangjiang, an officer from the patrol force at the Tiananmen Square, received awards from Fu Zhenghua, vice-minister of public security, for their successful handling of the incident.

The newspaper did not provide any details of the incident.