China will launch an international alliance to combat telecom and online fraud at the 2026 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, scheduled for September, Jiang Guoli, director general of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said at a Friday press conference held by the State Council Information Office. 

On July 24, 2026, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference in Beijing on strengthening governance, safeguarding public security, promoting development, and ensuring a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). [Photo by Zhao Yifan/China SCIO]

More than 40 countries have expressed willingness to participate in the initiative, Jiang said. 

Initiated by the Chinese government, the alliance is designed as an intergovernmental organization bringing together law enforcement agencies from participating countries, with professional expertise and the capacity to coordinate joint operations, Jiang added. 

The alliance aims to strengthen practical cooperation, intelligence sharing, and coordinated action against transnational fraud. 

Jiang said that telecom and online fraud have become major global public security challenges, and that China's public security development plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) has listed combating such crimes as a priority.

As most major fraud compounds are located outside China, Chinese police have stepped up efforts to identify the organizational structures, financial backers, key members, and operating models of criminal groups, while expanding international law enforcement cooperation.

A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud return to China under the escort of Chinese police after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar, Feb. 20, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] 

In recent years, China has carried out joint law enforcement operations with more than 30 countries, including Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and Myanmar. Since 2023, police cooperation with Myanmar has led to the arrest and transfer of more than 59,000 fraud suspects and the dismantling of major criminal gangs in northern Myanmar.

China, Myanmar, and Thailand also established a ministerial-level coordination mechanism in early 2025 to target fraud operations in Myawaddy, a town in southeastern Myanmar. Ten joint repatriation operations have since been conducted, and more than 630 buildings in the KK Park fraud compound have been demolished, Jiang said.

This year, Chinese police carried out their first joint law enforcement operations with counterparts in the U.S. and the UAE, dismantling nine fraud dens and arresting 276 suspects. 

China has also deepened law enforcement cooperation with Cambodia and worked with countries such as Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. These operations have resulted in the arrest and repatriation of more than 20,000 fraud suspects, according to Jiang.