The Narcotics Control Office of Guizhou province organized a publicity campaign to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse on June 27 at Zhucheng square in Guiyang, with over 1,400 officials, students and local residents attending.

During the event, a series of activities featuring anti-drug themes were held, including a photo exhibition, case presentation and book fair. More than 3,000 works by students, teachers and anti-drug workers were displayed.

Guizhou officials make speeches during the publicity campaign to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse on June 27 at Zhucheng square in Guiyang. [Photo by Cheng Jie/xinhuanet.com]

The stars of the exhibition proved to be five intelligent You-you robots which could make speeches, dance and sing about the dangers of drugs and answered questions from visitors concerning drugs.

There were also narcotic control mobile apps to involve students and families. The apps adopt an intelligent game-style method to arouse the public's interest in studying the dangers of drug abuse.

A citizen, Mr Zhou, said that the activities made him more aware of the dangers of drugs and also helped him to identify different types of drugs.

People attend the publicity campaign to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse on June 27. [Photo by Cheng Jie/xinhuanet.com]

The Guizhou Provincial Narcotics Control Commission launched a three-year fight against drug abuse from 2015 to 2017. Statistics shows that 25,576 drug crimes were uncovered, 28,903 criminal suspects were arrested, and 2,858 kilograms of drugs were seized. More than 120,000 drug addicts were investigated, and over 60,000 people were isolated for detoxification.