Chief superintendent (Chinese: 总警监; pinyin: zǒng jǐng jiān) is the highest police rank in the Chinese People's Police. The Premier of the State Council confers the rank on individuals appointed at the ministerial level. Unlike the rank of the same name in countries with a British police structure, which is typically given to leaders of divisions or regions, in China the rank is largely ceremonial, given to high political officials who have been appointed Minister of Public Security, Minister of State Security, or occasionally other senior national security-related positions.

The uniform shirt of a chief superintendent is white, as with other senior ranks of the People's Police, and the emblem on the shoulder boards is that of the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China surrounded by olive branches.

Use

Since Tao Siju, successive Ministers of Public Security (MPS) and State Security (MSS) have been awarded the rank of chief superintendent upon entry into office.

List of chief superintendents

  1. Tao Siju – Awarded in September 1992, then Minister of Public Security
  2. Gu Linfang – Awarded in September 1992, he served as Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security
  3. Jia Chunwang – Awarded in September 1992, then Minister of State Security
  4. Xu Yongyue – Awarded in March 1998, then Minister of State Security
  5. Zhou Yongkang – Awarded in December 2002, when he was a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, deputy secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Minister of Public Security. Expelled from the party in December 2014, imprisoned for life.
  6. Meng Jianzhu – Awarded in October 2007, then Minister of Public Security
  7. Geng Huichang – Promoted in 2008, then Minister of State Security
  8. Guo Shengkun – Awarded in December 2012, then Minister of Public Security
  9. Chen Wenqing – awarded in November 2016, then Minister of State Security
  10. Zhao Kezhi – Awarded in November 2017, then Minister of Public Security[1][2]
  11. Wang Xiaohong – Awarded in June 2022, then and current Minister of Public Security
  12. Chen Yixin – Awarded in October 2022, then and current Minister of State Security

References

  1. ^ Zheng, Zhang (2018-01-09). "赵克志在公安现役部队学习交流座谈会上强调全面深入贯彻军委主席负责制确保公安现役部队绝对忠诚绝对纯洁绝对可靠" [Zhao Kezhi emphasized the comprehensive and in-depth implementation of the chairman responsibility system of the Military Commission to ensure the absolute loyalty, absolute purity and absolute reliability of the public security active forces at the symposium on the study and exchange of public security active forces.]. Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2023-05-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "赵克志在公安部直属机关局级干部学习贯彻党的十九大精神专题培训班开班仪式上强调高举习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想伟大旗帜忠诚履职团结奋斗努力开创新时代公安工作新局面" [Zhang Zheng and Zhao Kezhi emphasized at the opening ceremony of the special training class for bureau-level cadres directly under the Ministry of Public Security to study and implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China New Situation of Public Security Work]. Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese). 2018-01-09. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2023-05-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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