The Central National Security Office of the Chinese Communist Party stationed in Hong Kong recently underwent a high-level adjustment with the addition of two deputy directors. Newly appointed deputy director Lin Jiandong, whose background information is unknown, made a public appearance. On the other hand, according to Hong Kong media reports, Chen Feng, the newly appointed deputy director, has control over Wang Xiaohong’s former department in Fujian Public Security Bureau. Currently, various factions of the Chinese Communist Party are intertwining within the Hong Kong National Security Office, attracting attention.
According to news from the Chinese central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Banking Association of Chinese-funded enterprises held a cocktail party on September 16 to celebrate the Chinese Communist Party’s “Eleven.” Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Director of the Liaison Office, Zhang Xiaoming, Deputy Director of the National Security Office in Hong Kong, Lin Jiandong, and the Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, Fang Jianming, attended the event. This was the first time Lin Jiandong appeared in public as a deputy director of the National Security Office.
However, at present, there is no publicly available information introducing Lin Jiandong’s personal details, adding to his mysterious aura.
Furthermore, as reported by Hong Kong media “Sing Tao Daily” on the 18th, Chen Feng, the Director of the Liaison Office’s Police Liaison Department, has also been promoted to become a deputy director of the National Security Office, becoming a “central management cadre.”
Chen Feng, aged 56, is from Lianjiang, Fujian. In his earlier years, he served as the Director of the Command Intelligence Center of the Fujian Province Public Security Department, Director of the Police Security Department, Vice Mayor and Public Security Bureau Director of Putian City in Fujian. He was secretly transferred to work in Hong Kong at the end of 2020.
Chen Feng is a former subordinate of the current Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, who hails from Fujian. While Wang Xiaohong served as the Deputy Director of the Fujian Province Public Security Department, Chen Feng was the Deputy Director of the General Office. Previous analyses have suggested that Chen Feng is a trusted aide of Wang Xiaohong.
The Central Government set up the National Security Office in Hong Kong in 2020. The current director is Dong Jingwei, the former Deputy Minister of the Chinese National Security Bureau, and the deputy directors are Li Jiangzhou and Sun Qingye. Li Jiangzhou previously served as the Director of the Liaison Office’s Police Liaison Department.
Originating from the public security system, Li Jiangzhou has served as the notorious Director of the National Security Bureau, being promoted and valued during Guo Shengkun’s tenure as the Minister of Public Security in the Jiang faction. Sun Qingye previously served as the Chief Editor of the International Department of China Youth Daily and a researcher at the State Council’s Development Research Center, but reports suggest he has a background in the National Security Bureau.
Minister of Public Security and Secretary Wang Xiaohong of the Chinese Communist Party has been identified as the representative of Xi Jinping’s Fujian gang. Since gaining practical powers, he has been gradually promoting his trusted aides and former subordinates in the public security system. The insertion of his own people into the National Security system in Hong Kong has garnered attention. The current Minister of National Security, Chen Yixin, is from Zhejiang and belongs to the Zhejiang gang within the Xi Jinping clique. Since last year, the Chinese National Security Bureau has emerged from the shadows to the forefront, even issuing statements on financial stabilization.
Scholar Yuan Hongbing, currently residing in Australia, pointed out to Epoch Times in May of this year that due to Xi Jinping’s personal dictatorship, the operation of power within the Chinese Communist Party is losing its inherent order. Originally responsible for domestic governance, the Public Security Bureau is expanding its powers into the former realm of the National Security Bureau overseas. On the other hand, under the control of Xi’s confidant Chen Yixin, the National Security Bureau continues to expand its powers within the country, including emphasizing counter-subversion, which were originally within the jurisdiction of the Public Security Bureau.
Yuan Hongbing stated that various powerful departments within the Chinese Communist Party are trying to expand their powers, indicating on one hand that Xi Jinping is more aggressive and ambitious in power utilization. On the other hand, this also indicates a lack of confidence in the Chinese Communist Party and the Xi Jinping regime among these leaders of powerful departments. They are trying to protect their positions by leveraging these expanded powers in the event of the downfall of the Communist regime.