Chen Yixin (; born 1 September 1959) is a

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

politician who is the current Minister of State Security and the secretary-general of the

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Early life and education

Chen was born in

Taishun County Taishun County () is a county in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou, in the southern part of Zhejiang province, China, bordering Fujian province to the southeast, south, and west. Taishun County has more than 900 covered bridges, many of them ...

, Zhejiang. He graduated with a degree in

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

from Lishui Teacher's College (now

Lishui University Lishui University () is a public university located in Lishui, Zhejiang, China. It has an area of about and a building area of about . As of fall 2017, the university has one campuses, a combined student body of 13,983 students, 1,126 faculty me ...

), where he served as a leader in the school's

Communist Youth League The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

Political career

He has served as deputy Secretary-General of Zhejiang Party Committee. In 2012 he became party secretary of

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...

. On 3 January 2013, he became

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Wenzhou Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou �y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...

, a post which he served until 1 December 2015. Between December 2014 and December 2015, Chen was also a member of the Zhejiang Communist Party Standing Committee. Chen later became the deputy director of the Office of the

Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms The Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (), formerly known as the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms () is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the Politburo of the Chinese Communis ...

in 2015 until 2016. On 26 June 2017, Chen was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

, a position he held until 20 March 2018, as well as deputy party secretary of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

. In March 2018, Chen Yixin succeeded

Wang Yongqing Wang Yongqing (; born September 1959) is a Chinese politician. He has, since 2013 until March 2018, served as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (minister-rank), and since ...

as the Secretary-General of the

. In 2020, Chen was announced to be leading efforts related to the 2019-20 coronavirus epidemic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Yixin 1959 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Politicians from Wenzhou Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party