But the effort backfired in July, when three journalists were injured after a gun misfired during a police news conference on illegal weapons in Nanchong, Sichuan.

• 不过，这项行动在今年7月却引发了一件弄巧成拙的事情。当时，警方在四川南充举办一场查禁非法枪支的新闻通报会，一支枪意外走火导致三名记者受伤。