Senior graft-buster appointed China’s new spy chief amid leadership reshuffle By Nectar Gan in The SCMP, Nov 7, 2016

A key ally of Wang Qishan, the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption tsar, has been appointed China’s top spy master, taking over one of the most secretive ministries that is undergoing a shakeup after senior officials were accused of graft.
Chen Wenqing started his career as a policeman in Sichuan province and was Wang’s deputy at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection when it investigated Zhou Yongkang, the former national security chief who oversaw the country’s police force, courts and part of its spy operations. He is serving a life sentence for corruption and abuse of power.
Chen, 56, who became the Communist Party chief at the Ministry of State Security last year, was officially named as minister of the department by the nation’s legislature on Monday.
He will replace his retired predecessor Geng Huichang.
Geng, 65, was named last week as deputy director of government top advisory body panel on Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Affairs.
Former state security minister Geng Huichang. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Chen was the deputy chief of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party’s top graft-busting agency, from 2011 to 2015.
During his tenure the watchdog purged hundreds of senior officials as part of a sweeping crackdown on corruption.
China’s state security ministry was one of the hardest-hit agencies.
Ma Jian, a deputy minister, was placed under investigation early last year and Liang Ke, the former Beijing bureau chief of the ministry, was sacked abruptly two years ago.
The appointment of Chen comes amid a ministerial reshuffle and it was approved at a meeting of the top legislature’s standing committee, which ended on Monday.
The committee also voted to replace Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo with Huang Shuxian, who was the minister of supervision and a deputy chief at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
Sources have told the South China Morning Post that Li is under investigation for suspected severe violations of party discipline – a euphemism for corruption.
The Xinhua report made no mention of an investigation into Li, who remains Communist Party chief at the ministry.http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043605/former-anticorruption-agency-official-named-chinas