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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February 9, 2010 </B></P>
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  <P align=right style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>Registration No. 333- </B></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>UNITED STATES <BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT><BR></B><B>Washington, D.C.
  20549 </B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>FORM S-8 <BR></FONT>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=6>China Security &amp; Surveillance Technology,
  Inc. <BR></FONT></B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter) </P>
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      <TD align=center><B><U>Delaware </U></B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B><U>98-0509431 </U></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
        organization) </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><B>13/F, Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower, Shennan Road
        </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B>518034 </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><B>Futian District, Shenzhen, China </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">(Zip Code) </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B>2007 Equity Incentive Plan <BR></B>(Full title of the plan)
  </P>
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      <TD align=center>Guoshen Tu </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">With a Copy to: </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>Chairman and CEO </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq. </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center>13/F, Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower Shennan Road </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center>Futian District, Shenzhen, China 518034 </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">2300 N Street, N.W. </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center>(Name and address of agent for service) </TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%">Washington, DC 20037 </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether
  the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P>
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      <TD align=center>Large accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings">o</font></TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">Accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings">x</font></TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">Non-accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings">o</font></TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">Smaller reporting company
      <font face="Wingdings">o</font></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">(Do not check if a smaller </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">reporting company) </TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P>
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      <TD align=left>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">Proposed </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">Proposed </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">maximum </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">maximum </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>Title of securities </TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">Amount to be </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">offering price per </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">aggregate </TD>
      <TD align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="10%">Amount of </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center>to be registered
      </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%">registered<SUP>(1</SUP><SUP>) </SUP></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%">share<SUP>(2</SUP><SUP>) </SUP></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%">offering price </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%">registration fee </TD>
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      width="2%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left bgcolor="#E6EFFF">Common Stock, par
        value $0.0001, issuable upon equity awards granted under the 2007 Equity
        Incentive Plan </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="1%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">4,000,000 </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="2%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="1%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">$</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="10%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">
      7.08
      </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="2%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="1%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">$</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="10%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">28,320,000 </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="2%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="1%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">$</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="10%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF">
      2,019
      </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left
    width="2%" bgcolor="#E6EFFF"></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(1) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
        amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also
        cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock that became
        issuable under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
        split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
        receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares
        of registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(2) </TD>
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        <P align=justify>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and (c) under the
        Securities Act. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based
        upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common
        stock as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on February 8,
      2010.</P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>Explanatory Note </B></P>
  <P align=justify>On February 3, 2010, the shareholders of China Security &amp;
  Surveillance Technology, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) approved an amendment (the
  &#147;Amendment&#148;) to the Company&#146;s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) to, among
  other things, increase the maximum number of shares of the Company&#146;s common
  stock, par value $0.0001 per share, available for grant under the Plan from
  8,000,000 shares to 12,000,000 shares. The Company is filing this Registration
  Statement to register the additional 4,000,000 shares of common stock available
  for grant under the Plan as a result of the Amendment. </P>
  <P align=justify>The additional 4,000,000 shares of common stock registered
  hereunder are of the same class as those securities registered by the Company
  under its Registration Statement on Form S-8 which was filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on February 16, 2007 (Registration
  No. 333-140780) (the &#147;Earlier Registration Statement&#148;). Pursuant to General
  Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Earlier Registration Statement
  are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended
  or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P>
  <P align=center><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P align=justify><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>
  <P align=justify>The following documents, which have been filed by the Company
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated
  in this Registration Statement by reference: </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Commission on
  March 5, 2009; </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed with the
  Commission on April 30, 2009; </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Company&#146;s Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, filed with the
  Commission on July 28, 2009; </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Company&#146;s Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, filed with the
  Commission on October 28, 2009; </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Our Current Reports on Form
  8-K filed on January 16, 2009, January 16, 2009, August 21, 2009, August 27,
  2009, September 3, 2009, October 5, 2009 and October 23, 2009; and </P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The description of our common
  stock, $0.0001 par value per share, contained in our Registration Statement on
  Form 8-A filed on October 26, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange
  Act. </P>
  <P align=justify>All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
  Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
  the date of filing of such documents. </P>
  <P align=justify>Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
  be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
  contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
  Statement. </P>
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  <P align=justify><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. </B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left
        width="87%"><B>Description</B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff >
      <a href="exhibit5-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">5.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="87%" bgColor=#e6efff>
      <a href="exhibit5-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop
        Shaw Pittman LLP </a> </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >10.1 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="87%">Amended and Restated China Security &amp;
        Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
        reference to the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A
        filed on December 30, 2009) </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff >
      <a href="exhibit23-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">23.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="87%" bgColor=#e6efff>
      <a href="exhibit23-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
      </a>
    </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >23.2 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="87%">Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1) </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff >24.1 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="87%" bgColor=#e6efff>Power of Attorney (included on
        the Signature Page to this Registration Statement)
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  <P align=center><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
  grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
  and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Shenzhen, People&#146;s
  Republic of China, on this 9th day of February, 2010. </P>
  <P align=justify style="margin-left: 50%">CHINA SECURITY &amp; SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. </P>
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      <TD align=left >By </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><U>/s/ Guoshen
        Tu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Guoshen Tu </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    </TD></TR></TABLE>
  </div>
  </DIV>
  <P align=center><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P align=justify>We, the undersigned officers and directors of China Security
  &amp; Surveillance Technology, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint
  Guoshen Tu and Terence Yap, and each of them acting alone, our true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
  in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
  to this Registration Statement (or any other registration statement for the same
  offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and to file the same, with all exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
  self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or
  his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof. </P>
  <P align=justify>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
  persons in the capacities indicated on February 9, 2010. </P>
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      <TD align=left><B>SIGNATURE</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%"><B>TITLE</B> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left><U>/s/ Guoshen Tu</U> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
      </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Guoshen Tu </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">(Principal Executive Officer) </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left><U>/s/ Terence Yap</U> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Chief Financial Officer and Director </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Terence Yap </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
        Accounting </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Officer) </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left><U>/s/ Runsen Li</U> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Director </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Runsen Li </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left><U>/s/ Peter Mak</U> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Director </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Peter Mak </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left><U>/s/ Robert Shiver</U> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Director </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Robert Shiver </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS </B></P>
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        ><B>Exhibit</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left
        width="86%"><B>Description</B> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff ><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">5.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="86%" bgColor=#e6efff><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop
        Shaw Pittman LLP </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >10.1 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  ></TD>
      <TD align=left width="86%">Amended and Restated China Security &amp;
        Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
        reference to the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A
        filed on December 30, 2009) </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff >
      <a href="exhibit23-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">23.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="86%" bgColor=#e6efff>
      <a href="exhibit23-1.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
      </a>
    </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >23.2 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="86%">Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1) </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left bgColor=#e6efff >24.1 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  bgColor=#e6efff
      >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="86%" bgColor=#e6efff>Power of Attorney (included on
        the Signature Page to this Registration Statement)
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text: China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc.: Form S-8 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February 9, 2010
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C.
  20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  China Security & Surveillance Technology,
  Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  98-0509431
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
        organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  13/F, Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower, Shennan Road
  518034
  Futian District, Shenzhen, China
  (Zip Code)
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  2007 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Guoshen Tu
  With a Copy to:
  Chairman and CEO
  Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.
  13/F, Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower Shennan Road
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Futian District, Shenzhen, China 518034
  2300 N Street, N.W.
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  Washington, DC 20037
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company"
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  o
  Accelerated filer
  x
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  o
  (Do not check if a smaller
  reporting company)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  maximum
  maximum
  Title of securities
  Amount to be
  offering price per
  aggregate
  Amount of
  to be registered
  registered
  (1
  )
  share
  (2
  )
  offering price
  registration fee
  Common Stock, par
        value $0.0001, issuable upon equity awards granted under the 2007 Equity
        Incentive Plan
  4,000,000
  $
  7.08
  $
  28,320,000
  $
  2,019
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
        amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also
        cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock that became
        issuable under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
        split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
        receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares
        of registrant's Common Stock.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and (c) under the
        Securities Act. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based
        upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common
        stock as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on February 8,
      2010.
  Explanatory Note
  On February 3, 2010, the shareholders of China Security &
  Surveillance Technology, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment (the
  "Amendment") to the Company's 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to, among
  other things, increase the maximum number of shares of the Company's common
  stock, par value $0.0001 per share, available for grant under the Plan from
  8,000,000 shares to 12,000,000 shares. The Company is filing this Registration
  Statement to register the additional 4,000,000 shares of common stock available
  for grant under the Plan as a result of the Amendment.
  The additional 4,000,000 shares of common stock registered
  hereunder are of the same class as those securities registered by the Company
  under its Registration Statement on Form S-8 which was filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 16, 2007 (Registration
  No. 333-140780) (the "Earlier Registration Statement"). Pursuant to General
  Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Earlier Registration Statement
  are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended
  or superseded by the information set forth herein.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
  The following documents, which have been filed by the Company
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated
  in this Registration Statement by reference:
  (a) The Company's Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Commission on
  March 5, 2009;
  (b) The Company's Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed with the
  Commission on April 30, 2009;
  (c) The Company's Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, filed with the
  Commission on July 28, 2009;
  (d) The Company's Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, filed with the
  Commission on October 28, 2009;
  (e) Our Current Reports on Form
  8-K filed on January 16, 2009, January 16, 2009, August 21, 2009, August 27,
  2009, September 3, 2009, October 5, 2009 and October 23, 2009; and
  (f) The description of our common
  stock, $0.0001 par value per share, contained in our Registration Statement on
  Form 8-A filed on October 26, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange
  Act.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
  Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
  the date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
  be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
  contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
  Statement.
  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
  Exhibit
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop
        Shaw Pittman LLP
  10.1
  Amended and Restated China Security &
        Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
        reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A
        filed on December 30, 2009)
  23.1
  Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
  23.2
  Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on
        the Signature Page to this Registration Statement)
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
  grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
  and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Shenzhen, People's
  Republic of China, on this 9th day of February, 2010.
  CHINA SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  By
  /s/ Guoshen
        Tu
  Guoshen Tu
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of China Security
  & Surveillance Technology, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint
  Guoshen Tu and Terence Yap, and each of them acting alone, our true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
  in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
  to this Registration Statement (or any other registration statement for the same
  offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and to file the same, with all exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
  self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
  intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or
  his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
  persons in the capacities indicated on February 9, 2010.
  SIGNATURE
  TITLE
  /s/ Guoshen Tu
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  Guoshen Tu
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Terence Yap
  Chief Financial Officer and Director
  Terence Yap
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
        Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Runsen Li
  Director
  Runsen Li
  /s/ Peter Mak
  Director
  Peter Mak
  /s/ Robert Shiver
  Director
  Robert Shiver
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop
        Shaw Pittman LLP
  10.1
  Amended and Restated China Security &
        Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
        reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A
        filed on December 30, 2009)
  23.1
  Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
  23.2
  Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on
        the Signature Page to this Registration Statement)