Geng Huichang Explained

Office:4th Minister of State Security
Birth Place:Laoting County, Hebei, China
Birth Date:11 November 1951
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Native Name Lang:zh
Termstart:March 2008
Termend:November 2016
Premier:Wen Jiabao
Li Keqiang
Successor:Chen Wenqing
Predecessor:Xu Yongyue
Leader:Hu Jintao
Xi Jinping

Geng Huichang (; born 11 November 1951), is a Chinese intelligence officer and politician who served as the 4th Minister of State Security of the People's Republic of China and prior as president of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), the 11th bureau of the Ministry of State Security (MSS).[1] He is currently the vice chairman of the Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and a member of the Standing Committee of the National Conference of the CPPCC National Committee (NC-CPPCC).[2] [3] [4]

Early life

Geng was born in Laoting County, Hebei province.[5] He reportedly has a college degree.[6]

Intelligence career

China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

In 1985 Geng became deputy director of the American Research Department of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a think tank which constitutes the 11th bureau of the Ministry of State Security (MSS).[7] [8] He was promoted to president in 1990, and retained this position until 1993.[9]

He also served as deputy director general of the China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC).[10]

During his time at CICIR Geng held the title of "Professor" and studied Islamic fundamentalism in Asia.[11]

Deputy Minister of State Security

In September 1998 he became deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security under Jiang Zemin. He was involved in security preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics, and traveled to Greece in March 2006 in order to study how Greece handled security at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[12] [13] He met with Minister of Public Order Georgios Voulgarakis in Beijing in November 2005, where a memorandum on security issues was signed.[14]

Minister of State Security

On August 30, 2007, the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress selected Geng to become Minister of State Security, allegedly following predecessor Xu Yongyue's recommendation to Jiang Zemin, head of one of China's primary political factions.[15] In March 2008, he was officially appointed Minister of State Security at the first session of the 11th National People's Congress.[16]

Rising through the ranks of the MSS under Jiang Zemin in the late 1990's, Geng became a political ally of Hu Jintao, who promoted him to minister so he could consolidate his own power.[17] [18] As an international relations specialist and an expert on the United States, Japan and industrial espionage, Geng was the first Minister of State Security with a background in international politics rather than internal security.[19] [20]

In August 2011 Geng visited Nepal in order to develop their bilateral relations.[21] In September 2012 Geng was part of a delegation led by Zhou Yongkang to Singapore, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.[22] In Singapore, he attended the opening ceremony of the Singapore-China Social Management Forum at St. Regis Hotel.[23]

Beginning in January 2010 Geng has also been a member of the National Energy Commission, a State Council-established body designed to improve the coordination of China's energy industry.[24]

As MSS director he was also a statutory member of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.[25]

He was a member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

In November 2016, Chen Wenquing succeeded Geng as MSS director.

Political career

A member of the Jiang Zemin faction, Geng remains active in politics, and is currently vice chairman of the Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Committee in the People's Political Consultative Conference. Geng is also the deputy director of the first supervision group of the Central Committee for the education and rectification of the national political and legal teams.[26]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Foreign policy actors in China . 12 . 26 September 2010 . Linda . Jakobson . Dean Knox . . 22 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417062325/http://books.sipri.org/files/PP/SIPRIPP26.pdf . 17 April 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee . September 1, 2022 . CPPCC members from HKSAR survey integrated development of YRD in Jiangsu . 2022-09-22 . en.cppcc.gov.cn.
  3. Web site: 2018-06-14 . 港澳台侨委员会副主任耿惠昌会见全日本华侨华人联合会代表团一行 . Geng Huichang, deputy director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese Committee, met with the delegation of the All-Japan Overseas Chinese Federation . Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
  4. Web site: He . Zhu . Qiao . Zheng . 2022-02-16 . 全国政协常委耿惠昌：港澳委员议政建言，推动粤港澳大湾区建设 . Geng Huichang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: Hong Kong and Macao members discuss and advise on politics to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area . 2022-09-22 . news.sina.com.cn.
  5. Book: Smith, I.C. . Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence . Scarecrowe Press . 2012 . Nigel West . 9780810871748 . 100.
  6. Web site: 首次带队督察，耿惠昌组长最关心哪些问题？_澎湃号·媒体_澎湃新闻-The Paper . When leading a team for the first time as an inspector, what issues did team leader Geng Huichang care most about? . 2022-09-22 . www.thepaper.cn.
  7. News: Geng Huichang (耿惠昌) . WantChinaTimes.com . 21 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165505/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101123000053&cid=20 . 15 June 2012 .
  8. News: China's Rising Leaders: Meet the Delegates . National Bureau of Asian Research . National Bureau of Asian Research . . 21 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808064800/http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=210 . 8 August 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. News: Profile of MSS-Affiliated PRC Foreign Policy Think Tank CICIR. 3 . . 25 August 2011 .
  10. Web site: March 7, 2018 . China Vitae : Biography of Geng Huichang . 2022-09-22 . www.chinavitae.com.
  11. News: Why India and China are so distant: The more they change the more they remain the same . I.K. . Gujral . The Tribune.
  12. News: CHINESE MEETING Greece discusses Olympic know-how . Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Hellenic Republic . Ekathimerini . Ekathimerini . 29 March 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061030053035/http://gr2.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/bilateralvisits/200603/20060301780614.html . 2006-10-30 .
  13. News: China replaces finance minister . . 30 August 2007 . Christopher . Bodeen.
  14. News: Greece and China to sign security cooperation memorandum in light of Beijing Olympic Games . Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C. . 2 November 2005 . Athens News Agency . Athens News Agency . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051215201811/http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=8 . 2005-12-15 .
  15. Web site: Jing . Cheng . 2016-12-29 . 耿惠昌去職 習攻破國安部堡壘 . Geng Huichang went to work to break through the fortress of the Ministry of State Security . 2022-10-05 . Epoch Weekly . zh-TW.
  16. Web site: Heng . Wei . March 18, 2008 . 国家安全部部长耿惠昌简历(图) . Resume of Geng Huichang, Minister of State Security . 2022-09-22 . www.chinanews.com.cn.
  17. News: China Replaces Key Ministers. . 31 August 2007 . Jim . Yardley .
  18. Book: Wise, David . Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China . 9780547553108 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . 2011 . 8.
  19. Book: Fisher, Richard D. . China's Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach . Greenwood Publishing Group . 37 . 9780275994860 . 2008.
  20. News: Beyond Spy vs. Spy: The Analytic Challenge of Understanding Chinese Intelligence Services . https://web.archive.org/web/20130914142317/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol.-56-no.-3/pdfs/Mattis-Understanding%20Chinese%20Intel.pdf . dead . September 14, 2013 . 52 . . Peter . Mattis . September 2012.
  21. News: Press Release 2 - August 17, 2011 . Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal) . 17 August 2011 .
  22. News: Zhou Yongkang's Trip Highlights Security Diplomacy . . 5 October 2012 . Peter . Mattis . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207181426/http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/cb_10_05.pdf . 7 December 2015 .
  23. News: Opening Ceremony of the Singapore-China Social Management Forum on "Social Management Challenges in Economic Development" at St Regis Hotel - Opening Address by Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security & Minister for Home Affairs . . 21 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214112029/http://www.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MjY3Mg%3D%3D-IdvFaRlFs%2Bw%3D . 2012-12-14 .
  24. News: China’s New National Energy Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073452/http://www.bmchina.com.cn/EN/perspectives/Documents/China's%20New%20National%20Energy%20Commission-%20Qu%20Hong.pdf . dead . 2016-03-04 . Hong . Qu . March 2010 . .
  25. News: Fuelling China’s Rise: Governing Capacity in the Oil Sector . . 22 . Monique . Taylor . 16 March 2011 .
  26. Web site: 网易 . 2021-10-30 . 17岁当书记员、26岁做律师、30岁再进县法院，自此火箭式提拔至省高院审管办领导岗位，40岁被查！ . He became a clerk at the age of 17, a lawyer at the age of 26, and entered the county court at the age of 30. Since then, he has been promoted to the leadership position of the provincial high court's trial management office. He was investigated at the age of 40! . 2022-09-22 . www.163.com.
  27. Book: Roy, Denny . China's Foreign Relations . 1998 . Rowman & Littlefield . 9780847690138 . 249.

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