Li Dongsheng

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Li Dongsheng
李东生
Deputy Minister of Public Security
In office
October 2009 – 25 December 2013
Minister Guo Shengkun
Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China
In office
May 2002 – 2009
Personal details
Born October 1955 (age 59–60)
Zhucheng, Shandong
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China (1986-2014, expelled)
Residence Beijing
Alma mater Fudan University
Occupation Politician
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Dongsheng (simplified Chinese: 李东生; traditional Chinese: 李東生; pinyin: Lǐ Dōngshēng; born December 1955) was a Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Public Security and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He oversaw the office in charge of suppressing Falun Gong and other banned spiritual groups.[1][2] In December 2013, Chinese media reported that Li Dongsheng was being investigated by the Party's internal disciplinary body for "serious violations of laws and regulations."[3]

Life[edit]

Li was born in Zhucheng, Shandong in December 1955. He graduated from Fudan University, where he majored in News.

During the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Li got involved in politics in April 1973. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1986.

In May 2002, he was appointed the Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China, he remained in that position until October 2009, when he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Public Security.[4][5]

Dismissal and expulsion from Party[edit]

On December 20, 2013, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Li Dongsheng was suspected of committing "grave violations of Party discipline and the law," and that he was under investigation by the CCDI.[6][7][8] This made Li the second member of the Central Committee to be investigated on corruption charges since the 18th Party Congress, when Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (the first to be investigated was Jiang Jiemin). Five days later, on December 25, 2013, the CCP's Organization Department announced that Li Dongsheng had been removed from his positions as deputy director for the Small Leading Group on Dealing with the Question of Heterodox Religions, director of the 610 Office, director of the State Council's Office for Dealing With the Question of Heterodox Religions, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and deputy director of the Party Committee of the Public Security Bureau.[9] On February 24, 2014, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China announced in one of its publications that Li Dongsheng had been removed from his post as deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. On June 30, Xinhua, the official news agency of the People's Republic of China, announced that Li Dongsheng had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and transferred to judicial authorities for prosecution. He was indicted on charges of "using the conveniences of his official position to seek benefits for others, demanding and receiving huge amounts of bribes."[10]

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