[Epoch Times, July 20, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Xu Yiyang reported in Hong Kong) Recently, it has been reported that the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China, which is responsible for the security work of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, has been appointed by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Northern Theater Army. Hong Xu took over as the director. Some commentators believe that since Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, took office, the head of the Central Security Bureau has changed many times; this time Xi Jinping broke the convention and transferred the chief of the airborne authority from the field troops. This is intriguing.
A commentary published on July 15 by the Hong Kong Chinese media “Ming Pao” stated that Major General Zhou Hongxu, who was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army in the Northern Theater, has taken over as the head of the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China; formerly the 31st Army Infantry in Zhangzhou, Fujian. Fujian Major General Chen Denglu, political commissar of the 91st Division, has served as deputy director of the Central Security Bureau and political commissar of the Central Guard Corps in November 2020.
The article stated that in the past, the chief of the Central Security Bureau was promoted from within the Security Bureau and had many years of experience following the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. But this time the new leadership has no central security experience, but comes from field troops.
The pro-Communist overseas Chinese media “Duo Duo News” headquartered in Beijing confirmed this news in a document on July 15, stating that Chen Denglu’s performance actually occurred in 2018.
The Security Bureau of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (referred to as the Central Security Bureau) is under the General Staff of the Communist Party of China. It is a military-level unit under the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (referred to as the Central Office). It is directly led by the Central Office and does not belong to the Beijing Military Region. The main responsibility of the Central Security Bureau is to protect the safety of the main leaders of the CCP, and to undertake the security work of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP and Zhongnanhai.
The Ming Pao article also stated that due to the special tasks of the Central Security Bureau, the director must be the person most trusted by the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. The first secretary of the Party Committee of the Security Bureau has always been held concurrently by the director of the Central General Office.
The chief of the central security guard has changed many times during Xi Jinping’s tenure
In April 2015, Lieutenant General Cao Qing, the chief of the Central Security Bureau who was left by the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao, was transferred and replaced by the former deputy director Wang Shaojun.
Cao Qing was born in December 1952 in Pingshan, Hebei. In his early years, he served as the guard of the late CCP veteran Ye Jianying. He also participated in the arrest of the “Gang of Four” that affected the political process of the CCP. He used to serve as Deputy Director of the Central Security Bureau, and in May 2006 as Executive Deputy Director. Since September 2007, he has served as Director of the Central Security Bureau for more than seven years. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in July 2011.
Cao Qing is the fourth and shortest head of the Central Security Bureau since 1977.
In 2015, Wang Shaojun became the fifth director of the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China. Wang Shaojun is a native of Yongnian County, Handan City, Hebei. He was the commander of the 38th Group Army of the Chinese Communist Party. He was promoted to major general in 2008 and was promoted to lieutenant general in August 2016. He served as deputy director of the Central Security Bureau.
The Ming Pao article stated that after the outbreak of the Chinese Communist Party virus (COVID-19), Wang Shaojun reduced his public appearances. It is reported that he has stepped down as the head of the Central Security Bureau at the end of 2019.
From Wang Shaojun’s resignation to Zhou Hongxu’s succession, the post of Director of the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China has been vacant.
In addition, according to the July 2016 issue of Hong Kong’s “Outpost” magazine, Xi Jinping continued to cleanse the Central Security Bureau after he took office. Nearly 95% of the officials were removed, transferred, or transferred, leaving only 35 of the 565 officials above the division level. .
Analysis: frequent substitutions highlight the tension
Overseas current affairs commentator Wen Zhao said in his YouTube self-media channel program released on July 20 that the Central Guard Bureau is responsible for the forbidden area of Suwei Palace. Since Xi Jinping came to power, this has been the third wave of the Central Guard Bureau’s replacement. Since the establishment of the joint government, this situation has never happened before, which shows that Xi Jinping does not have any caring henchmen enough to entrust his life.
He said: “If this role is frequently changed, it has always been a sensitive signal and a manifestation of tension. Either the ruler is preventing a coup, or he is preparing for a coup. These two factors are both in Xi Jinping’s body. Judging from his current situation, it looks more like a preparation for further action.”
Wen Zhao analyzed that the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party control the country through a very complex system. One of the most critical links is the Central Security Bureau. These people live with the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. These people are usually called bodyguards, “but as long as the person in charge of the Ouchi guards makes a phone call, the bodyguards will arrest you in a second…The central leader will become a prisoner. Is this official safe? “
“So, whoever becomes the highest leader of the CCP must replace the Central Security Bureau and the Central Security Bureau under the Central Office with his own confidant. Then you will control the personal safety of other CCP leaders. “
Wen Zhao said that Xi Jinping is currently under the heavy hand to rectify Didi Chuxing, and has appointed the Cyberspace Administration of China to take the lead in investigating and punishing the so-called illegal activities in the securities sector. He is likely to arrest a group of people and change a group of people, and the contradiction with the powerful behind will intensify. , So he changed the Central Security Bureau, not only to prevent unsafe factors, fearing that others will calculate him, but also to prepare for the next move.
The role of the Central Guard
The head of the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China has always been a cronies of those in power. With the replacement of the head of the Communist Party of China, the head of the Central Security Bureau has also followed the changes. In the power struggle of the CCP, the Central Security Bureau has been involved many times and participated in the arrest of senior CCP officials. The most iconic incident was that after the death of Mao Zedong, the former leader of the Communist Party of China, the Central Security Bureau arrested the “Gang of Four” including Mao’s wife Jiang Qing.
In February 2012, Wang Lijun, the former deputy mayor of Chongqing and the director of public security, fled to the US consulate in Chengdu. During the CCP’s two sessions in March 2012, Cao Qing personally led the personnel from the Central Security Bureau to deploy in the Beijing Great Hall; on the morning of March 14, as soon as the CCP’s National People’s Congress closed, Bo Xilai was brought under control.
In the early morning of March 18, 2012, Ling Gu, the son of Ling Jihua, then director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China, died after driving a Ferrari in a car accident. Two women in the car were injured.
The New York Times Chinese website reported in December 2012 that Ling Jihua used the Central Guard Bureau to help cover up the truth. This angered Cao Qing, then the head of the Security Bureau. Ling Jihua was Cao Qing’s immediate boss, and he had long been dissatisfied with Ling.
On December 22, 2014, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice stating that Ling Jihua was under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline. @
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