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ZAGREB, Aug. 14-- Six Chinese police officers will leave Croatia on Wednesday after patrolling with their Croatian counterparts for a month during the tourist season. The joint patrol was the first such cooperation between the two countries and both sides are more than happy with the results. The project was launched on July 15 and ended on Tuesday. In the past month, six Chinese police officers -- four policemen and two policewomen -- along with their Croatian colleagues, patrolled popular tourist spots of Dubrovnik, Zagreb and Plitvice Lakes National Park. The main aim of the joint patrol was to help Chinese tourists in Croatia with security-related issues. "This way of cooperation has gained positive reactions from citizens and tourists. The project enhanced communication between Chinese tourists and Croatian police. We did a very good job together," Velimir Tisma, Head of Prevention Unit of the police department in Zagreb, told Xinhua on Monday. As Tisma explained, this type of cooperation has a preventive effect and tourists like to see police officers in uniforms of their countries. During the joint patrol on Monday in Zagreb, a Chinese tourist was overjoyed to see Chinese police officers. "I was very happy when I saw Chinese police officers here. I feel very safe with their presence. .. I was worried when I left China for the trip, but now I feel at ease," Mr. Chen, a retired geological engineer from western China's Xi'an City, told Xinhua. | 
