China’s top police chief and the head of the U.S. FBI agreed on Friday to deepen cooperation on law enforcement between the two countries, Beijing said after the officials met in the Chinese capital. Their meeting followed two recent repatriations of fugitives between China and the United States, which do not share an extradition treaty.
Cooperation on Law Enforcement
Both sides should “engage in more constructive dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and deepen practical cooperation” against a range of criminal activities, China’s Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong said during the talks with FBI Director Kash Patel, an official Chinese summary showed. Chinese and U.S. law enforcement agencies have recently carried out “a series of practical cooperation in areas such as counter-narcotics, repatriation of illegal immigrants, fugitive recovery, combating telecom and cyber fraud, and anti-money laundering”, the ministry said.
The FBI’s Patel visited Beijing in November 2025 to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, following a summit in October of that year between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, when the two leaders agreed on cooperation to fight fentanyl trafficking.
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