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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 1983; 41 years ago (1983) |
| Jurisdiction | Shandong, China |
| Headquarters | Jinan, Shandong, China |
| Parent Ministry | Ministry of State Security |
The Shandong State Security Department (SSSD; Chinese: 山东省国家安全厅) is a division of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) responsible for intelligence collection and secret policing in the province of Shandong. The department commands several prolific subordinate city-level units including the state security bureaus (SSB) of the cities of Jinan and Qingdao.
History
Shandong has long maintained a substantial state security footprint dating to the founding of the People's Republic. The province was regarded as a 'stronghold' for Kang Sheng, the Qingdao-born Politburo Standing Committee member and spymaster who led China's national intelligence apparatus, then called the Social Affairs Department (SAD), during the 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time, many cadres purged from factional infighting at the Red Guards headquarters in Beijing were sent down to Shandong so he could exercise tight control over them.
The Shandong SSD was established in 1983 during the creation of the MSS as one of the original 14 provincial state security departments. It is described in an official history as the successor agency to the Shandong Investigation Department. Upon its founding, the SSD had just 46 staff likely transferred from the investigation department. By the following year, it had grown to 238, likely due to transfers from the Shandong Public Security Department. During that time, more than a fifth of the provincial public security personnel in Shandong were transferred to the state security system.
In 2000, the three-tier (national-provincial-city) state security system underwent major changes, instituting 'soft centralization' that "served as a prelude to the further centralization that was to come in the 2016–2017 reforms." The reforms instituted a system of “vertical leadership, two-level management (垂直领导, 两级管理)” whereby city bureaus were placed under the direct control of their provincial superiors, becoming "directly subordinate agencies" (直属机关). The Shandong SSD praised the 2000 reforms for having "promoted operations, … rationalized organizational structure, and regularized activity."
Operations
Active in operations against the United States, the Shandong SSD and Qingdao SSB handled Shujun Wang as a human intelligence asset in New York City's Chinese dissident community in partnership with the Guangdong SSD.
Leadership
| Name | Date of birth | Time in office | ref. | Notes |
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| Fa Jinyan (法金燕) | February 2008–March 2010 | |||
| Wang Guoqing (王国庆) | December 1943 | |||
| Zhu Xiaoqiang (朱晓强) | February 1955 | March 2010–April 2015 | ||
| Jiang Lianjun (姜联军) | April 2015–unknown | Previously director of the Qingdao State Security Bureau |
References
- Faligot, Roger (2019). Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping. Translated by Lehrer, Natasha (2nd ed.). London: Hurst & Company. p. 87. ISBN 9781787380967.
In April 1967, following new skirmishes between rival factions of the Red Guards, the Diaochabu headquarters in the West Garden (Xiyuan) were stormed by the PLA, and the service completely shut down. Many leaders were sent to the countryside for "rectification" of their incorrect ideas. Most were sent—not by chance—to Shandong province, Kang Sheng's stronghold; this allowed him to maintain control over his former secret agents, who were now forced to work in the fields in what were called May Seventh Cadre schools. These labour camps were intended as a way of sorting the wheat from the chaff and enabling the ultimate redeployment of "reeducated" functionaries.
- ^ Joske, Alex (2023). "State security departments: The birth of China's nationwide state security system" (PDF). Deserepi: Studies in Chinese Communist Party external work. 0 (1): 2–13.
- ^ Schwarck, Edward (2024-11-15). "The Power Vertical: Centralization in the PRC's State Security System". China Brief. 24 (22). Jamestown Foundation.
- Joske, Alex (2023). "State security departments: The birth of China's nationwide state security system" (PDF). Deserepi. 0 (1).
- "首页-山东人大门户网站" [Report of Decisions of the Shandong People's Congress]. Shandong People's Congress (in Chinese). 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ Huairang, Yue (2015-05-22). "姜联军接棒朱晓强，履新山东省安全厅党委书记、厅长_人事风向_澎湃新闻". The Paper. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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