Public security minister Guo Shengkun met a Hong Kong delegation which comes to discuss the notification mechanism between the police of both sides on Tuesday.
Guo said mainland and Hong Kong police have conducted fruitful cooperation in law enforcement while meticulously following laws, regulations, and relevant institutional arrangements since the notification mechanism was put in place in 2001.
Guo expressed hope that both sides would fully implement the "one country two systems" principle, and improve the mechanism for closer cooperation and better protection of the rights and interests of residents of the mainland and Hong Kong.
The notification system, needs to be "modified and improved" in line with the new situation to better protect the interests of residents on both sides and deal with cross-border crimes, according to a statement released by the ministry.
The scope of content, time requirement and channels of the notification will be "modified and improved".
Under the system, mainland police had informed the region of 6,172 Hong Kong residents placed under "coercive measures" as of the end of 2015, while Hong Kong police notified the mainland of 6,934 mainland residents in similar situations there.
"Coercive measures" include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest.
During the consultation, mainland police also briefed the delegation on the case of Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller detained in the mainland last year for an illegal business.
Presided over by Vice Minister Chen Zhimin, the consultation was attended by officials with the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Supreme People's Procuratorate, the General Administration of Customs and officials from the Hong Kong Special Administration Region government.
