Hongma Camera Vans In Beijing

Going back to Tiananmen Square in 2011 I met these interesting camera vans. They look kind of funny but they actually are fully mobile police camera vehicles, able to control and inspect large areas of town.

These vehicles are all over the place in Chinese cities. On squares, near shopping malls, on any busy place really. The car we have here is the SH6550QY, made by a company called Ma Che-Hung Industrial. Their Chinese brand name is Hongma and their English brand name is Homa. The logo is a horse with wings. Back in 2011 their cars were petrol-powered but nowadays they are all electric.

Can you see me? The SH6550QY has 3 camera’s on its roof. One might wonder why it is needed. Note the 3 camera’s in the speaker pole in the background; the whole square is loaded with supervision. But the more the better, I guess. I am, as you may know, a frequent visitor of police equipment shows, and on those shows I have been inside this sort of camera cars quite a few times. I will share some photos later. Mind that this is a 2011 vehicle, newer ones have way more cameras and sensors.

The vans are operated by the Beijing police. Blue curtains against curious folks. But it does have windshield wipers! On the left a massive police rescue truck. No pictures sadly. I felt watched and went elsewhere (:

2 thoughts on “Hongma Camera Vans In Beijing”

  1. On my last visit to Beijing, I have even seen some cars with camera on top. I don’t remember the car brand but I guess it was samsung.
    No offense but I don’t like samsung cars. I thought Samsung is good for mobiles phones. Especially when you compare samsung cars with some european cars like Volvo, Volkswagen, Samsung cars are not that good.
    However I appreciate Samsung cars doing some experiments with car cameras, so my best wished with them.

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