Chinese Ministry of State Security, the regime’s intelligence apparatus, is under more stringent supervision, while the communist regime fears loss of control of its ever-present secret agents.
The regime’s spy chief published a commentary in early June, demanding loyalty to the CCP and prioritizing the monitoring of China’s spies by setting up a new monitoring team in the state security system.
Chen Yixin, the current state-security czar, was appointed as minister of state security in October last year. Chen is regarded as a confidant of the regime’s top leader Xi Jinping.In an article published on June 5, Chen emphasized a “focus on overcoming the unique difficulties of strengthening supervision on the underground front” and the establishment of inspection and supervision groups for “regular inspection and supervision” of the leading officials in the state security system. “Disloyalty” is the first among the five issues that Chen wants to “rectify,” as revealed in his article.
