Chen Yixin | |
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陈一新 | |
 Chen in 2021 | |
| 6thMinister of State Security | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2022 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Preceded by | Chen Wenqing |
| Secretary-General ofCentral Political and Legal Affairs Commission | |
| In office March 2018 – March 2023 | |
| Secretary | Guo Shengkun Chen Wenqing |
| Preceded by | Wang Yongqing |
| Succeeded by | Yin Bai [zh] |
| Party Secretary of Wuhan | |
| In office 3 January 2017 – 20 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ruan Chengfa |
| Succeeded by | Ma Guoqiang |
| Party Secretary ofWenzhou | |
| In office 26 June 2013 – 1 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Derong |
| Succeeded by | Xu Liyi |
| Party Secretary ofJinhua | |
| In office 8 January 2012 – 26 June 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Xu Zhiping |
| Succeeded by | Xu Jia'ai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-09-01)1 September 1959 (age 66) Taishun County, Zhejiang, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Education | Lishui Teacher's College Zhejiang ProvincialParty School |
Chen Yixin (Chinese:陈一新; born 1 September 1959) is a Chinese politician who is the currentMinister of State Security.
Born inTaishun County, Zhejiang, Chen gained political prominence working in his home province. In 2015, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Office of theCentral Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, working there until 2016. In 2017, he became the Communist Party Secretary ofWuhan, working in that capacity until 2018.
In 2018, he was appointed as the Secretary-General of theCentral Political and Legal Affairs Commission. As Secretary-General, Chen oversaw theSpecial Campaign to Crack Down on Organized Crime and Eliminate Evil from 2018 to 2020, and the campaign toeducate and rectify the political and legal teams from 2020 to 2022. He was appointed as the Minister of State Security in 2022.
Chen was born inTaishun County, Zhejiang. He graduated with a degree inphysics from Lishui Teacher's College (nowLishui University), where he served as a leader in the school'sCommunist Youth League.[1]
He has served as deputy Secretary-General of Zhejiang Party Committee. In 2012 he became party secretary ofJinhua. On 3 January 2013, he becameCommunist Party Secretary ofWenzhou, a post which he served until 1 December 2015.[1] Between December 2014 and December 2015, Chen was also a member of the ZhejiangCommunist Party Standing Committee.
Chen later became the deputy director of theOffice of theCentral Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms in 2015 until 2016.[2] On 26 June 2017, Chen was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary ofWuhan, a position he held until 20 March 2018, as well as deputy party secretary ofHubei.[3]
In March 2018, Chen Yixin succeededWang Yongqing as the Secretary-General of theCentral Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC).[4][5] Starting from May 2018, became the secretary-general of the National Leading Group of theSpecial Campaign to Crack Down on Organized Crime and Eliminate Evil. In August 2018, Chen Yixin presided over the second meeting of the Leading Group, where he said the campaign would enter a more difficult period and called for strengthening cooperation between the CCDI and legal organizations.[6]
In February 2020, Chen was announced to be the deputy head of the central government's directing group on Hubei, leading efforts related to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the province,[7] assisting Vice PremierSun Chunlan.[8] On 8 July 2020, Chen announced a two-year campaign toeducate and rectify the political and legal teams to purge "corrupt elements" in the justice system and remove "two-faced officials", who only pay lip service to CCP orders and rules. Calling it a "a self-initiated revolution by the security system", he compared the campaign toMao Zedong'sYan'an Rectification Movement.[8] The campaign was announced to initially start with a three-month pilot scheme in five cities and four counties in Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Henan, and go nationwide in 2021, lasting until the first quarter of 2022.[9]
On 30 October 2022, Chen was officially appointed by theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress as theminister of state security, succeedingChen Wenqing.[10] He was succeeded by Yin Bai as the Secretary-General of the CPLAC in March 2023.
Under Chen's tenure, the long-secretiveMinistry of State Security (MSS) opened aWeChat account in July 2023. In the first anniversary of the account, Chen called the social media work of the MSS as being a "project of paramount importance", and said that officials must be "good at transforming the mysterious, miraculous and divine nature of national-security work into strengths in communication, penetration and influence".[11]
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| Preceded by | Minister of State Security 30 October 2022 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Communist Party Secretary ofWuhan 26 June 2017 – 20 March 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Chen Derong | Communist Party Secretary ofWenzhou 3 January 2013 – 1 December 2015 | Succeeded by |
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