The Minister of Public Security no longer serves as the First Political Commissar of t

On January 1, 2019, all the officers and soldiers of the public security frontier defense and security forces were transferred to the police, which means that all the three major public security active forces have been restructured and retired from active service.

With the deepening of the reform of the Armed Police Force, Zhengshi noticed that the Minister of Public Security no longer concurrently serves as the first political commissar of the Armed Police Force.

The Chinese People's Armed Police Force was established in June 1982 under the unified leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.On January 25, 1983, the State Council appointed the leader of the Armed Police Force.At that time, the Armed Police Force had a political commissar, and the first political commissar of the Armed Police Force was concurrently held by the Minister of Public Security Zhao Cangbi.

Since 1984, the political commissar of the armed police has been changed to an active armed police officer, and the first political commissar has been set up concurrently by the Minister of Public Security.From Liu Fuzhi, the fifth minister of public security, to Guo Shengkun, the last minister of public security, all ministers of public security have also served as the first political commissar of the armed police.

In December 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on adjusting the leadership and command system of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. From 0:00 on January 1, 2018, the Armed Police Force will be under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, and the Central Military Commission-Armed Police Force - Force leadership command system.The decision made it clear that the Armed Police Force will be organized under the Central Military Commission and will no longer be included in the State Council.

In March 2018, according to the plan for deepening the reform of party and state institutions issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in accordance with the principle that the army is the army, the police is the police, and the people are the people, all the active forces listed in the armed police force sequence and the leadership of the State Council departments will be withdrawn from the armed police.The maritime police team under the leadership of the State Oceanic Administration was transferred to the Armed Police Force, and the gold, forestry, and hydropower units that were responsible for civilian tasks in the Armed Police Force were transferred to relevant national functional departments and reorganized into non-active professional teams. At the same time, the Armed Police Force was withdrawn from customs duty, Thoroughly straighten out the relationship between leadership management and command and use of the Armed Police Force.

Previously, among the eight major branches of the armed police, there were three active-duty troops managed by the Ministry of Public Security, namely the public security firefighting, border defense and security forces.On October 9, 2018, the public security firefighting force was handed over to the emergency management department, and the public security firefighting force officially retired from active service.On January 1, 2019, the national public security frontier defense and security forces were transformed into officers and soldiers and transferred to the police collectively, which means that the restructuring of the three major public security active forces has been completed and all of them have retired from active service.

The current Minister of Public Security, Zhao Kezhi, stepped down as Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee in October 2017 and began to take over the Ministry of Public Security.

According to the official resume, from October 2017 to March 2018, Zhao Kezhi served as Minister of Public Security and Secretary of the Party Committee; after the National Two Sessions in March 2018, Zhao Kezhi increased the position of State Councilor and member of the Party Leadership Group of the State Council.He also served as the deputy secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee.Judging from his resume, Zhao Kezhi has never served as the first political commissar of the armed police.Guo Shengkun, the former Minister of Public Security, also served as the first political commissar of the Armed Police in the year after taking over the Ministry of Public Security.

Written by Political Affairs News (WeChat ID: zsenews) / proofread by Li Yukun and Guo Liqin