The Asahi Shimbun on January 18, reported that the official website of China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) reported on January 15, that Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi had on January 15, cautioned China's police to  "stress the prevention and resistance of 'color revolutions' and firmly fight to protect China's political security." He asked them to focus on withstanding "color revolutions," or popular uprisings and treat the defense of China's political system as central to their work. 

Government procurement documents suggest that China's police have also increased spending across China as they adopt new high-tech devices, such as phone scanners, to help surveillance.