This is the most closely watched city in the world, 1 camera will monitor 6 citizens

The entire city with a population of 15.35 million is closely monitored by 2.58 million surveillance cameras, the equivalent of each camera will monitor 6 citizens.

The entire city of Chongqing, China with a population of 15.35 million is closely monitored by 2.58 million surveillance cameras, the equivalent of each camera will monitor 6 citizens. This is the city with the most surveillance cameras in the world.

This surveillance camera system constantly scans the facial features of people on the street to create a virtual map of their faces. The data collected will be systematically compared with the face of the suspect in the police database. The system will issue a warning to police officers if a coincidence is found to exceed 60%.

This is the most closely watched city in the world, 1 camera will monitor 6 citizens Picture 1 — Chongqing city with 13.5 million citizens is equipped with nearly 2.6 million surveillance cameras. Photo: AP.

Most recently, police in this city received a notice of the facial recognition system about a man who appeared on a square that was most likely a suspect in a murder case in 2002. Three days After that, Trung Khanh police arrested this man and he was the suspect who fled years ago.

Chongqing is one of the cities where China piloted the Sharp Eyes system to track citizens' credit ratings and solve criminal problems.

This is the most closely watched city in the world, 1 camera will monitor 6 citizens Picture 2 — Surveillance camera systems are used to solve criminal problems. Photo: SCMP

However, the use of the facial recognition system to monitor people receives mixed opinions. Supporters say facial recognition technology will make people more responsible, helping to promote change and social balance.

However, some other opinions said that this close supervision seriously violates people's privacy rights.

In addition to Chongqing, many cities in southwestern China are also equipped with facial recognition systems to assist local police in clearing cases. According to China's Ministry of Public Security, the country is expected to have about 626 million surveillance cameras next year.

Of the 10 most supervised cities in the world, eight are in China. London, England with 727,707 cameras tracking about 9 million people ranked sixth on this list. Atlanta, USA with about 7,800 surveillance cameras more than 500,000 people ranked in 10th place.

Facial recognition technology has also begun to be applied in some other major cities to track criminals.

This is the most closely watched city in the world, 1 camera will monitor 6 citizens Picture 3 — China uses the facial recognition system to assess citizens' credit. Photo: Wired.

However, this technology has been 'boycotted' in many parts of the world. In May, the city of San Francisco banned the use of the facial recognition system. Not long after, a similar law was adopted by other cities like Massachusetts, Oakland and Berkeley.