News Analysis
Recently, Hong Kong media reported that China’s Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of State Security will be separated from the State Council system and placed under the Central Internal Affairs Committee, a new institution directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This new structure is modeled after the former Soviet Union. Analysts say that the newly appointed Chinese premier Li Qiang will take over the State Council at the CCP’s Two Sessions in March, but with two of the State Council’s powerful departments removed, Li will become the weakest premier in the history of the CCP.
