Following Lin Rui, the former director of the Xiamen Municipal Public Security Bureau, another local political and legal official was transferred to the Ministry of Public Security.Recently, Du Hangwei, who served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee for one year and two months, became a member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security.As one of the 66 cadres of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2010, Du Hangwei returned to the Ministry of Public Security after eight years.

On July 25, 2018, the National Symposium for Directors of Public Security Bureaus and the Promotion Conference for Comprehensively Deepening Public Security Reforms were held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. State Councilor, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, and Minister Zhao Kezhi attended and delivered a speech.

According to the official website of the Ministry of Public Security, Fu Xingguo, vice minister of the Central Organization Department and director of the State Civil Service Bureau, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.Wang Xiaohong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security presided over the meeting. Members of the Party Committee of the Ministry Deng Weiping, Du Hangwei, Meng Qingfeng, Xu Ganlu, Liu Yuejin, Sun Lijun, and Lin Rui attended the meeting.

According to the above reports, Du Hangwei, who was formerly a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, has been appointed as a member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security.

According to the public resume, Du Hangwei was born in April 1962.In the early days, he worked in the Ministry of Public Security for 25 years, and this time he returned to work in the Ministry of Public Security.

He has successively served as deputy director and director of the Anti-Organized Crime Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, director of the Organized Crime Investigation Division, director, deputy director, and director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau Office.

In 2010, the Central Organization sent 66 Beijing officials to serve in local areas, and Du Hangwei was one of them. He served as the deputy director (department level) of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department.He later served as director of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, secretary of the party committee, and assistant to the governor.

In December 2014, Du Hangwei was promoted to vice governor, responsible for politics and law, letters and visits, etc., and also assisted in emergency work.

In May last year, Du Hangwei was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee during the reelection of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and has served as Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee so far.

During his tenure as deputy governor of Shaanxi and director of the Public Security Department, he expounded on the handling of major emergencies in the People's Daily.

He said that an important item in the current emergency response is public opinion.If event handling determines the final outcome of an emergency, then public opinion response determines the social impact of the event.Many cases have shown that today, with more and more abundant and faster information dissemination channels, we are used to covering up every incident, which instead gives rumors a chance to get ahead of the truth, and also gives room for fanning the flames and exaggerating hype.

He said that the media is the main carrier for conveying information and communicating with the public. To effectively deal with emergencies, we must attach importance to communication with the media and information release to respond to social concerns.

Du Hangwei is the second leader of the Ministry of Public Security who has recently assumed office.In June this year, Lin Rui, deputy mayor of Xiamen and head of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, succeeded Wang Jian as assistant minister of the Ministry of Public Security.According to the official website of the Ministry of Public Security, Lin Rui also serves as the party secretary and director of the Network Security Bureau.

Resume of Du Hangwei

Du Hangwei, born in April 1962, male, Han nationality, from Lingbao, Henan Province, started working in July 1984, joined the Communist Party of China in April 1984, university degree, bachelor of laws, deputy chief police inspector.

Previously served as deputy director and director of the Anti-Organized Crime Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, director of the Organized Crime Investigation Division, director, deputy director, and director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau Office, deputy director (at the department level) of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, Xi'anMember of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Xi'an Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee, Assistant to the Governor, Member of the Party Group, Member of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, First Political Commissar of the Armed Police Shaanxi Provincial Corps,The first secretary of the party committee.

2014.12 Deputy Governor of Shaanxi Provincial Government, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee, Member of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, First Political Commissar and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Armed Police Corps

2015.04 Deputy Governor of Shaanxi Provincial Government, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, First Political Commissar and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Armed Police Corps

2016.09 Deputy Governor of Shaanxi Provincial Government, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chief Inspector, Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, First Political Commissar and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Armed Police Corps

2017.05 Member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Deputy Governor of the Provincial Government, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chief Inspector, First Political Commissar and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Armed Police Corps

2017.07 Member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Deputy Governor of the Provincial Government, and member of the Party Leadership Group

2018.01 Member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee

Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security