In 2011, the goverment of Shanghai launched the China’s first scheme to enforce compulsory the parolees under ankle monitor in conjunction with community-based orders. Monitoring offender compliance would take place with the assistance of REFINE ankle monitor bracelet. This pilot program was part of the justice reform in China to solve the problems of overcrowd in prison or jail and reduce recidivism compared to standard probation.

The pilot project ended in 2014 and yielded several outstanding effects including highly offender compliance rates, extremely efficiency in monitoring and cost-down. The most important is to promote alternative of incarceration for democracy justice reform.

In 2014, CCTV (China Central Television) reported China’s first ankle monitor program with REFINE second-generation products, and kicked off the prelude to the development of ankle monitor in Chinese justice.