Islamabad :Thanks to an emergency warning and monitoring system developedÂ
by Chinese companies, Ecuador has significantly improved its capability in dealing with public
security risks as well as its reaction speed towards disasters.
The ECU 911, designed and built by China National Electronics Import and Export Corp(CEIEC),
integrates Ecuador's various security and disaster relief agencies, such as police forces, fir
departments, transportation, paramedic units and the Red Cross, into one platform to speed up
reactions to emergencies via a single telephone number — 911.
According to People's Daily report, The ECU 911 is the latest effort made by Chinese enterprises
like CEIEC to bring sense of security and add luster to Ecuador, which has been faced with public
security challenges, by introducing a series of high-tech products and services.
Taxi drivers, who have been suffering from robberies for a long time, are big beneficiary of theÂ
system. Thanks to the newly-equipped public security kit, taxi drivers can report emergencies by
pressing a red button in the vehicle, and the locations as well as surveillance videos will be sent to
the police simultaneously, said a taxi driver named Willian.
"The security kit connects with the ECU911 system command centers," explained Wang Fei,
manager of CEIEC’s Ecuadorian branch.
According to People's Daily report, The system, as a key cooperation project between China and
Ecuador contracted by CEIEC and China CAMC Engineering Co Ltd, is also the first foreign-
funded security system established in Latin America. Since the first command center was
established in 2011, the system now has 16 centers, realizing a 100-percent coverage of the 23
provinces in Ecuador.
With the application of the ECU911, 87 percent of local police can make response in less than 3
minutes, and more than half of the policemen would arrive at the site within 10 minutes. But sucÂ
process used to cost more than 2.5 hours.
According to People's Daily report, According to data from Ecuador's Ministry of Security and
National Institute of Statistics and Census, crime rate in the country dropped by 24 percent after
the ECU911 came into service. In addition, the country set an example for other Latin American
nations after its rankings of security index raised to 4th place in 2015 from the 11th in 2011.
As a result, Venezuela and Bolivia have inked deals with CEIEC on security system of national
defense, while Peru and Argentina also expressed their interest to cooperate with ChinaÂ
improve their national governance.
According to People's Daily report, The ECU 911 emergency warning and monitoring system also
helped save a number of lives after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the Pacific coast of Ecuador
on April 16. Just 10 minutes after the deadly quake, the employees of CEIEC arrived at the
command center in Quito, and recovered communications half an hour later for earthquake Â
With the assistance of the ECU911, first-hand information about surveillance videos, resource
distribution and real-time updates were all sent to the authorities of Ecuador. The system finally
stood the test with its outstanding coordination performance.
Because of its great performance, ECU911 was rated by the European Emergency Number
Association as top level. It is the first one on American continent and the fifth one in the world
that gained such credit.
Cesar Navas, Minister of Security Coordination of Ecuador, told People's Daily that the ECU911
not only reduced crimes, but also greatly aided the reaction speed to emergencies.
According to People's Daily report, Chinese technology has helped protect the safety of Ecuador’Â
citizens, said Navas, hailing an irreplaceable role played by the system in dealing with the
earthquake disasters.
A symbol of China’s high-tech brands, the system is believed to bolster the influence of “made-in-
China†products. Ecuadorian analysts noted that the system not only represents the success of a
Chinese firm, but also indicates China’s national strength.