Kash Patel And China’s Top Police Chief Vow Closer Law Enforcement Cooperation

Beijing announced Friday that China's apical police chief and nan head of nan U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation person committed to enhancing rule enforcement practice pursuing their gathering successful nan Chinese capital.

During talks pinch FBI Director Kash Patel, China's Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, stated that some sides should "engage successful much constructive speech connected nan ground of communal respect and deepen applicable cooperation" against a scope of criminal activities, an charismatic Chinese summary showed.

Their gathering followed 2 caller repatriations of fugitives betwixt China and nan United States, which do not stock an extradition treaty.

Patel said connected X that he welcomed nan nonstop engagements pinch Chinese nationalist information officials, which he said has produced results successful shutting disconnected fentanyl precursor pipelines and expanding associated efforts connected scam centers, convulsive crimes against children and a fugitive task force.

On Thursday, China's Public Security Ministry said it had handed complete to U.S. rule enforcement authorities a U.S. fugitive wanted for superior convulsive crimes, including nan suspected execution of a spouse and nan intersexual battle of a young girl.

Chinese and U.S. rule enforcement agencies person precocious carried retired "a bid of applicable practice successful areas specified arsenic counter-narcotics, repatriation of forbidden immigrants, fugitive recovery, combating telecom and cyber fraud, and anti-money laundering", nan ministry said.

It added that specified practice was successful statement pinch a statement reached betwixt U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Days earlier, nan U.S. repatriated to Beijing a fugitive accused of kidnapping and sidesplitting Chinese citizens overseas, Chinese authorities media said. The repatriation was hailed by Beijing arsenic "the latest achievement" successful implementing nan presidents' consensus.

The FBI's Patel visited Beijing successful November 2025 to talk fentanyl and rule enforcement issues, pursuing a acme successful October of that twelvemonth betwixt Trump and Xi, erstwhile nan 2 leaders agreed connected practice to conflict fentanyl trafficking, Reuters reported.

The 2 presidents are group to meet again successful Washington successful September, Trump has said.