Edward Schwarck
On September 25, 2024, newly promoted chiefs of provincial state security bureaus in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) gathered in Beijing for a “training course (ๅน่ฎญ็ญ)” organized by the Ministry of State Security (MSS). Coverage of the event was characteristically sparse, yet a careful reading of Minister Chen Yixin’s (้ไธๆฐ) speech at the opening session yields fresh evidence for reform of the PRC’s secret intelligence and counterespionage system (China Peace, September 25).
Chen used his address to analyze the “strengths and ‘shortcomings’ (ไผๅฟๅ ‘็ญ็ผบ’)” of provincial bureau appointees, describing them as “a team that the Party Committee of the MSS has comprehensively considered, carefully selected, and placed high hopes on (ๅฝๅฎถๅฎๅ
จ้จๅ
ๅง้็่่、็ฒพๅฟ้ๆ、็ๅๅนๅ
ป、ๅฏไบๅๆ็ไธๆฏ้ไผ).” Chen then exhorted his audience to “take the lead in implementing vertical management by the ministry’s Party Committee over the work of the entire [state security] system (ๅธฆๅคด่ฝๅฎ้จๅ
ๅงๅฏนๅ
จ็ณป็ปๅทฅไฝ็ๅ็ด็ฎก็).” These comments are striking.
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