Lin Rui has been appointed Vice Minister of Public Security. Lin Rui spent most of his career in Fujian, including as police chief and Deputy Mayor in Xiamen, and moved to Beijing in June as an Assistant Minister, a member of the ministry's Communist Party Committee, and head of the Cybersecurity Bureau. Lin Rui is regarded as one of Xi’ Jinpings trusted allies, having worked for many years in southeast China’s Fujian province, where the president spent 17 years during the earlier stages of his political career. Three other Vice Ministers at the Pubic Security Ministry also worked in Fujian, namely Wang Xiaohong, the deputy secretary of the ministry’s Communist Party committee, Xu Ganlu, head of the State Administration of Immigration, and Deng Weiping, the anti-corruption chief.
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