Yes, online wanted, also known as online pursuit and virtual wanted, refers to the investigation mechanism that all departments and police types of public security organs give full play to their respective advantages in their daily public security work, and when suspicious persons are found, they can quickly query, compare and capture the suspected fugitives with the "National Information System for Fugitives" or "National Information CD for Fugitives" of the public security network. Online pursuit is different from wanted. In the criminal procedure law, wanted is a special form of arrest, and its target is the fugitive criminal suspect who should be arrested, while the target of online pursuit includes not only the fugitive criminal suspect who has gone through the arrest legal procedures, but also a large number of targets are the fugitive criminal suspects who are detained in criminal detention; The wanted order can be released to the public through public media such as radio, television, newspapers, and computer networks, and it is known to the general public. However, the information on escaping fugitives online can only be released on the public security network, which is only for public security organs to inquire and compare. It is confidential and its audience is limited to the people's police of public security organs. According to the spirit of "Notice on Handling Matters Related to the Wanted Order of the Ministry of Public Security" (No.99 (2) of the Ministry of Public Security), the information of wanted persons must first go to the public security network and be entered into the "Information Database of Fugitive Persons of the Ministry of Public Security". Online pursuit has absorbed some functions of wanted persons. That is, the characteristic photos of the suspects who have not been captured are uploaded to the website of the Ministry of Public Security for everyone to identify and provide information for arrest. The so-called "online wanted" only means that the internal network of the public security department enjoys the information of wanted criminals nationwide, so that when the suspect appears in other places, the information can be compared immediately, which improves the efficiency of arresting criminals.

In the process of loan, it is necessary to show identity documents, which means that the public security organ can quickly lock the target suspect, and the following three kinds of fugitives must surf the Internet: after July 1, 1999, fugitives who have gone through the legal procedures of criminal detention and arrest must surf the Internet within one month; Fugitives who have escaped from detention centers, reform-through-labour institutions and reeducation-through-labor places should surf the Internet at any time; If the case is serious, urgent or special, with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the prefecture (city) level, the fugitive can go online first, and then go through the legal procedures of criminal detention and arrest. The fugitives should have brief information about the case, name, gender, photos, physical characteristics, ID number, legal procedures, etc., and gradually improve the quality of the information of fugitives on the Internet. The information of fugitives on the Internet must be approved by the person in charge of the investigation and handling department of the public security organ at or above the county level. Criminal investigation departments at all levels should keep abreast of the information of fugitives on the Internet, and the criminal investigation departments of provincial public security organs are responsible for the deletion and modification of fugitives on the Internet when their situation changes and the cancellation after capture and verification.

"Online inquiry" and "CD-ROM comparison" to find fugitives in time

All departments and police types of public security organs should give full play to their respective responsibilities and advantages, find suspicious persons in combination with their daily work, and timely inquire and compare with "National Information System for Fugitives" or "National Information CD-ROM for Fugitives" to find fugitives.

Provide strong guarantee for "online inquiry" and "CD comparison"

Public security organs at all levels should speed up the construction of secondary and tertiary networks of public security information, and create conditions as soon as possible to connect the networks to grassroots combat units such as criminal police teams and police stations in the responsible areas. Public security information and communication departments at all levels should ensure the smooth network and provide all-weather, whole-process and all-round guarantee services for "online pursuit".