”The Chinese government is currently working to combine the operations of more than 170 million public security cameras" How's that even possible? Are they sta

”The Chinese government is currently working to combine the operations of more than 170 million public security cameras" How's that even possible? Are they state-owned? Security cameras come in all colors and shapes, barely get any maintenance (IoT!) and have horrible management software. How to manage and, even worse, stream anything in a timely manner from them? Surely this has to be something else. Come to think of it, considering the size of China, they could very well be state-owned but still I doubt they follow any standards at that scale. Anyone with direct experience in that market could clarify the possibilities?