Damn. They don’t do this in China unless you are leaving/entering the country. At that point they take your photo and fingerprints.
If America is starting to do this, then for sure China will at some point.
If America is starting to do this, then for sure China will at some point.
As another posted noted they're also running facial recognition on security cameras for "public safety" and there's some propaganda about them finding a wanted criminal in the crowd at a concert and arresting him there using this tech. But I think a lot of the time there's too much bureaucracy to get this system to run efficiently unless the scope is within a certain, limited area (like Xinjiang) or a major crime was committed.