China's Public Security Minister has held a meeting with a host of senior police officers and diplomats from six Pacific nations, in another sign of the Chinese government's determination to entrench and deepen its links with law enforcement across the region.

The meeting was closely monitored by Australian officials who remain anxious about Beijing's security ambitions in the Pacific, and who have watched the expansion of its police training program in Solomon Islands with growing unease.

It was publicised on social media late on Tuesday by China's Embassy in Fiji, which said the participating countries had successfully hosted the first "Ministerial Dialogue on Police Capacity Building and Cooperation".

"China commits to deepen law enforcement cooperation with the PICs (Pacific Island Countries) for the benefits of the region," it said.

The virtual meeting was led by China's Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, an ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is now in charge of the country's police forces and intelligence agencies.

The ABC has been told officers and officials from Kiribati, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga and Papua New Guinea all took part.

Pictures posted by the Chinese Embassy show Fiji's Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, addressing the meeting.

The pictures also show that uniformed officers from Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tonga took part.

However, the only Police Minister who is pictured attending the "Ministerial Dialogue" is Anthony Veke, the Minister for Police and National Security in Solomon Islands.

One Pacific Island government source suggested that some countries decided against sending ministers to the meeting because they were sensitive to rising strategic tensions in the region.