BEIJING - Police should use official micro blogs, or weibo, to share more details about their work and provide more services to the public, Huang Ming, deputy minister of public security, said on Monday.

Speaking at a national conference in Beijing on the functions of micro blogs, the minister urged security officials to use the platform to release useful information in a timely and transparent manner.

The number of official police weibo already exceeds 4,000, and almost 5,000 officers use the services to help in their work, Huang said.