The Communist Party commissioned China Electronics Technology Group late last year to develop a terrorism prevention software that will collate data about the people's general activities like hobbies, work and internet usage.

According to Bloomberg, "a top Chinese military contractor is building a data analytics platform" in order to aid the identification of terrorists before they attack. China Electronics Technology Group develops, manufactures and sells components and software usually for security systems.

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This move to develop a crime prevention software is in line with President Xi Jinping's effort to eliminate corruption and promote discipline in the communist party and the government. Numbeo.com reports that the crime index in China went from 41.75 percent in 2015 to 32.08 percent in 2016 - showing that these efforts are paying off. Despite the decrease in percentage, China's ranking in the world crime index, according to Numbeo, went up from 91 to 88.

According to the Atlantic, security is very much needed in China today because of its shrinking economy.

Bloomberg claims the move to develop a terrorism prevention software is far fetched. Some professionals have questioned the feasibility of the plan.

Lokman Tsui, the assistant professor of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says that the program is relatively new since there are no previous cases or laws about privacy protection. Some security experts have argued that the amount of data gathered will not be significant enough to create a pattern of terrorist activities.

Wu Manqing from China Electronics Technology Group says in defense that the software is not a platform with large amounts of data, but an environment with interconnected information.

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